SF: "La Traviata at the Central Station" receives two awards
The live broadcast «La Traviata at the Central Station» won two awards at the Golden Prague Festival: the «Czech Television Award» and the «Czech Crystal.».
On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at 8:30 p.m., Czech Television will honor the cultural project of Swiss Television, "La Traviata at the Main Station". The award ceremony will be broadcast live from the Zofin Palace. In the Musical Drama category, the project of the Music, Dance and Theater department of the Golden Prague Festival was also awarded the "Czech Crystal".
The Golden Prague Festival, which is taking place for the 46th time this year, is one of the oldest television festivals in the world. It specializes in music and dance productions from all over the world. The winners are selected by a five-member international jury.
The production "La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof" was a cultural project by Swiss television. The Music, Dance and Theater department, headed by Thomas Beck, produced the live broadcast in collaboration with the German-French cultural channel Arte, SBB and the Zurich Opera House. The three-hour opera, broadcast on September 30, 2008 on SF 1 and Arte, generated an average of 577,000 viewers during the broadcast.
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The project was recently awarded a "Special Mention" at the Rose d'Or, where the Music, Dance and Theater editorial team had already received a Rose d'Or in 2008 for the "Magic Flute on Two Channels".
The main prize of the Golden Prague Festival goes to "El Sistema", a film by Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier, co-produced by Music, Dance and Theater.
Swiss Television also received a total of five silver and one bronze award at the World Gold Awards in New York. The BDA / Promax Conference presented the awards on Wednesday night, June 17, 2009.
The Golden Prague Festival, which is taking place for the 46th time this year, is one of the oldest television festivals in the world. It specializes in music and dance productions from all over the world. The winners are selected by a five-member international jury.
The production "La Traviata im Hauptbahnhof" was a cultural project by Swiss television. The Music, Dance and Theater department, headed by Thomas Beck, produced the live broadcast in collaboration with the German-French cultural channel Arte, SBB and the Zurich Opera House. The three-hour opera, broadcast on September 30, 2008 on SF 1 and Arte, generated an average of 577,000 viewers during the broadcast.
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The project was recently awarded a "Special Mention" at the Rose d'Or, where the Music, Dance and Theater editorial team had already received a Rose d'Or in 2008 for the "Magic Flute on Two Channels".
The main prize of the Golden Prague Festival goes to "El Sistema", a film by Paul Smaczny and Maria Stodtmeier, co-produced by Music, Dance and Theater.
Swiss Television also received a total of five silver and one bronze award at the World Gold Awards in New York. The BDA / Promax Conference presented the awards on Wednesday night, June 17, 2009.
