Dvořák’s The Jacobin: rare manuscript offers a glimpse into the opera’s creation

Name: Dvořák’s The Jacobin: rare manuscript offers a glimpse into the opera’s creation
Uploaded: 2026-09-10T20:38:30+00:00
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Description: This Tuesday marks the 185th anniversary of the birth of Antonín Dvořák, one of the Czech music greats. To mark the occasion, the Antonín Dvořák Museum is giving visitors a rare chance to see one of his original manuscripts, the autograph score of his opera The Jacobin. Ruth Fraňková went to see it. The Jacobin

Photo: Archive of National Museum

This Tuesday marks the 185th anniversary of the birth of Antonín Dvořák, one of the Czech music greats. To mark the occasion, the Antonín Dvořák Museum is giving visitors a rare chance to see one of his original manuscripts, the autograph score of his opera The Jacobin. Ruth Fraňková went to see it.

The Jacobin is set in a small Czech town during the French Revolution.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková