Thalia Awards 2006

Each year the Actors Associations hands out the Thalia Awards in recognition of exceptional performances in the arts. In 2006 the following artists received awards:

Drama

Vilma Cibulková  - Miss Fischer, in the production of Jeffrey Hatcher’s Picasso, Ungelt Theatre (Divadlo Ungelt), Prague

David Prachař – lead role, in the production of Alessandro Baricco’s Novecento (A Magic Night), Viola Theatre (Divadlo Viola), Prague

Opera

Kate Aldrichová – Sesto, in the production of W. A. Mozart’s opera La clemenza di Tito, National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague

Johannes Chum  - Tito in the production of W. A. Mozart’s opera La clemenza di Tito, National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague

Operetta, Musical or other Musical Drama

Radka Coufalová-Vidláková – The Narrator, in the production of the musical production by A. L. Weber and T. Rice, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Raincoat, Brno City Theatre (Městské divadlo Brno)

Tomáš Töpfer – Tevje, in the musical production by J. Stein, J. Bock, and S. Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof, Na Fidlovačce Theatre (Divadlo Na Fidlovačce), Prague

Ballet, Pantomime and other Dramatic Dance Genres

Adéla Pollertová – Julia, in the production of S. Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague

Jan Fousek – Death, in the production of I. Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, National Theatre Brno (Národní divadlo v Brně)

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Věra Kubánková (drama)

Miloslava Fidlerová (opera)

Jiřina Šlezingrová-Škodová (ballet)

Special Award from the Thalia Awards Committee

Jiří Kylián (dancer and choreographer)

Award of the Presidium of the Actors Association for Young Artists under the Age of 33 in the Field of Drama

Jan Hájek – Moravian Silesian National Theatre in Ostrava (Národní divadlo moravskoslezské Ostrava,) and the National Theatre in Prague (Národní divadlo Praha)