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Prague, May 12 (CTK) - The 70th Prague Spring music festival will be opened by a German orchestra, for the first time in the event's history, in the sold-out Smetana Hall of Prague's Municipal House tonight.
The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra of Hamburg conduced by Thomas Hengelbrock will perform the traditional opening programme, Bedrich Smetana's My Country symphonic cycle.
The public Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio will broadcast live the opening concert tonight.
The festival was symbolically opened by a commemorative meeting at the grave...