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Dvořák: Rusalka
Anna Pozidis; Prague National Theatre Opera; Ondrej Olos; Prague State Opera Orchestra; Prague State Opera Chorus; Olga Busuioc
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Janáček: Die Sache Makropulos (Věc Makropulos)
Robert Kružík; David Radok; Janáček Opera NTB; Ondřej Nekvasil; Zuzana Jezková; Torkel Blomkvist; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra
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Aleš Briscein; Michaela Zajmi; Krystof Maratka; Yan Mařatka
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Janáček: Kátja Kabanová
Ondrej Olos; Robert Carsen; Janáček Opera NTB; Patrick Kinmonth; Peter van Praet; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra
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Smetana: The Secret (Tajemství)
Jan Chalupecky; Ondřej Havelka; Prague National Theatre Opera; Martin Černý; Barbora Maleninská; Prague National Theatre Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus
BrnoThe Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Janáček: Die Sache Makropulos (Věc Makropulos)
Robert Kružík; David Radok; Janáček Opera NTB; Ondřej Nekvasil; Zuzana Jezková; Torkel Blomkvist; Janáček Opera NTB Orchestra
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A bleak Jenůfa from Calixto Bieito
The director drains the life out of an impassioned opera with a staging devoid of authenticity and ideas.
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Robert Carsen's new production of Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr Brouček for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden scores a well-deserved success thanks to a stellar – or rather, lunar – conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.
An audacious update of a Dvořák classic in Prague
Directors Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský, who work together as SKUTR, take on Dvořák’s Rusalka with a surfeit of ideas.
An all-star Jenůfa falls short in Prague
Superb singing and brilliant work in the pit can't quite rescue Jiří Nekvasil's overambitious production.
At Prague’s National Theatre, a witty, well-kept Smetana Secret
Aided by spirited singers and enthusiastic musicians, director Ondřej Havelka brings an imaginative, ironic touch to a lesser-known Smetana opera.