Main description
Celebrate the arrival of the New Year in Prague in style. Enjoy a six-course dinner and listen to famous musical pieces played by artists dressed in period costumes.
Menu and programme
7:30 p.m. Welcome Drink & Amuse-bouche
8:00 p.m. Foie Gras Pralines with shallot chutney and wild fruits
8:30 p.m. Don Giovanni
- Aria Leporella “Notte e giorno faticar”
- Duet Zerlina and Masetto “Giovinette che fate l’amore”
- “A Little Night Music – Allegro” (1st movement)
- Aria Zerlina “Batti, batti o bel Masetto”
- “A Little Night Music – Romance” (2nd movement)
- Duet Giovanni and Zerlina “La ci darem la mano”
8:50 p.m. Strong poultry broth with root vegetables and ravioli filled with poultry liver
9:20 p.m. The Best of Mozart’s Operas
- Aria Figaro “Non più andrai” (The Marriage of Figaro)
- Aria Cherubino “Voi che sapete” (The Marriage of Figaro)
- “Divertimento in D major – Allegro”
- Aria Leporella “Madamina” (Don Giovanni)
- “Divertimento in D major – Presto”
- Duet Susanna and Figaro “Tutto è tranquillo… Pace, pace” (The Marriage of Figaro)
9:50 p.m. Lime sorbet with a drop of vodka
10:20 p.m. The Magic Flute
- Duet Papageno and Pamina “Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen”
- “A Little Night Music – Menuetto” (3rd movement)
- Aria Pamina “Ach ich fühl’s”
- Aria Papageno “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen”
- Duet Papageno a Papagena “Pa-pa”
10:40 p.m. Grilled duck breast with foie gras sauce, red cabbage jam and roasted potato gnocchi
11:10 p.m. As the New Year approaches
- “Kaiser Walzer” – J. Strauss Jr.
- “All I Ask of You” – A. L. Webber
- “Unter Donner und Blitz” Polka schnell – J. Strauss
- “Meine Lippen Sie küssen so heiß…” – F. Lehár
- Aria Don Giovanni “Finch’han dal vino” (Don Giovanni)
- “Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka” – J. Strauss
- “Lippen schweigen” – F. Lehár
11:30 p.m. Chocolate cake
11:58 p.m. New Year’s Toast. In line with an old Czech tradition, lentils with ham and all sorts of extras are served at midnight. Doing so is said to bring prosperity in the following year.
00:00 New Year’s Waltz
- “The Blue Danube Waltz” – Johann Strauss
- “Wiener Blut” – Johann Strauss
00:15 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. Possibility of dancing on Franck Sinatra's most beautiful songs performed by soloist Daniel Klánský accompanied by a pianist
Before you go
- Dress code: formal
- There are 4 price categories: a table for 2 in the first row, a table for 2, a table for 8, and box seating 4 to 8
- Vegetarian menu variation: lamb’s lettuce salad with goat cheese, caramelized cherry tomatoes and orange sauce; mushroom capuccino softened with cream, served with milk foam and croutons; zucchini gratin stuffed with vegetable ragout, served with mashed potatoes and tomato salsa