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Guide to Classical Music, Opera and Dance in Czechia

Czech Philharmonic at the Rudolfinum © Petr Chodura

Czech Philharmonic at the Rudolfinum

© Petr Chodura

Prague National Theatre

Prague National Theatre

City of Brno © Leonhard Niederwimmer

City of Brno

© Leonhard Niederwimmer

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Corinne Winters as Jenůfa in London © RBO | Camilla Greenwell

Heartbreak in real time: Corinne Winters on Jenůfa

Anastasia Kobekina © Nicolas Hudak | Sony Music Entertainment

Attuned to the times: Anastasia Kobekina in Prague

Bryce Dessner © Peter Hundert

Dessner in Prague: new landscapes in a living tradition

Hermann Bäumer © Courtesy of Hermann Bäumer

Hermann Bäumer joins Prague State Opera

Magdalena Kožená © Julia Wesely

Songs from home: Magdalena Kožená in conversation

John Neumeier © Pavel Hejný

Emotion motivates movement: Neumeier in Prague

Gardens at Benátky nad Jizerou Castle © Dagmar Malinová | Central Bohemia Tourist Board

Bohemian groves: a walk through Smetana’s homeland

Nelahozeves Castle © Filip Křešťan

Discovering Dvořák’s musical home in Bohemia

Václav Luks © Petra Hajská

A Baroque revolutionary: Václav Luks on Zelenka

About Czech works

Kateřina Kněžíková as Rusalka, at Prague National Theatre © Pavel Hejný

Becoming human: Kateřina Kněžíková on Rusalka

Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Czech Philharmonic © Prague Philharmonic Choir

Wild, furious, eternal: Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass

Libuše at Prague National Theatre, 2018 © Hana Smejkalová

Prophet and mother to the Czechs: Smetana’s Libuše

Juliette at the Prague National Theatre in 2018 © National Theatre Prague

The logic of dreams: Bohuslav Martinů’s Julietta

Jakub Klecker © Serghei Gherciu

Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis

Czech music playlists

Leoš Janáček © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Leoš Janáček

Bohuslav Martinů © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Bohuslav Martinů

Antonín Dvořák in 1882 © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Antonín Dvořák

Bedřich Smetana, portrait by Geskel Saloman (1854) © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Bedřich Smetana

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Karen Gomyo and the Czech Philharmonic © Petr Chodura

Rudolfinum: Dvořák Hall

Thu 3 Sep at 19:30

Shostakovich VC1, Dvořák 7, Bach

Bychkov, Gomyo, Czech Philharmonic

Prague National Theatre

National Theatre (Národní divadlo)

Sep 03, 27, Oct 04 mat, Dec 17, 29, 2027 Jan 10, Mar 21

The Devil and Kate (Cert a Kácal)

Chudovský, Kyzlink, Švec, The Czech National Opera, Zajmi, Jalovcová, Švingr, Čapkovič, Zahradníček, Šrejma, Samek, Sýkorová, Škvárová, Sulženko, Plech, Born, Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Opera Ballet, Wiesner

© Serghei Gherciu

State Opera (Státní opera)

Sep 03, 05, 06 mat, eve, Oct 15, 16, 17 mat, eve, Dec 03

The Czech National Ballet, Yates, Tewsley, Lo Fazio, Stewart, Pantani, Prague State Opera Orchestra, MacMillan

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Karen Gomyo and the Czech Philharmonic © Petr Chodura

Shostakovich provides a searing start to the new Czech Philharmonic season

By Frank Kuznik

Staatskapelle Dresden © Prague Spring Festival | Michal Fanta

Staatskapelle Dresden provides a scintillating finish for Prague Spring

By Frank Kuznik

Jana Sibera (Blanche de la Force) © Petr Neubert

Barbora Horáková directs an ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague

By Frank Kuznik