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PragueLe nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Prague National Theatre
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Die Hochzeit des Figaro)
Marek Šedivý; Barbora Horáková; Prague National Theatre Opera; Julia Jones; Falko Herold; Nicole von Graevenitz; Ivo Dankovič

PraguePelléas et Mélisande

Prague National Theatre
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Patrick Fournillier; Christof Loy; Prague National Theatre Opera; Herbert Murauer; Valerio Tiberi; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

PragueDvořák. Shostakovich

© Arnheidur Airiksdottir
Dvořák, Schostakowitsch
Prague Philharmonia; Petr Altrichter; Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir; Lukáš Bařák

PragueIdomeneo, re di Creta

Prague National Theatre
Mozart: Idomeneo, rè di Creta
Konrad Junghänel; Calixto Bieito; Prague National Theatre Opera; Richard Hein; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Reinhard Traub

PragueZemlinsky, Schoenberg, Mahler

Prague National Theatre
Zemlinsky, Schönberg, Mahler
Prague State Opera Orchestra; Hermann Bäumer; Tamara Morozová; Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir; Lukáš Bařák; Prague State Opera Chorus

PragueDido and Aeneas

Prague National Theatre
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Michael Hofstetter; Alice Nellis; Prague National Theatre Opera; Matěj Cibulka; Kateřina Štefková; Ivo Dankovič; Prague National Theatre Orchestra
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No fairy tale: Kušej’s Rusalka works with devastating force in Munich

Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka) © Wilfried Hösl (2023)
Asmik Grigorian leads a searing performance in Martin Kušej’s 15-year-old, yet ever-fresh, outstanding production of Dvořák's opera.
****1
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Cherubini’s Medea falls flat in Prague

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir (Neris) and Svetlana Aksenova (Medea) © Petr Neubert
The challenges of Cherubini’s version of the Greek tragedy prove too much for the National Theatre to overcome.
**111
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An audacious update of a Dvořák classic in Prague

Kateřina Kněžíková (Rusalka) © Pavel Hejný
Directors Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský, who work together as SKUTR, take on Dvořák’s Rusalka with a surfeit of ideas. 
***11
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To the apocalypse and beyond: Le Grand Macabre in Prague

Marcus Jupither (Nekrozar) © Serghei Gherciu
Nigel Lowery’s new production at Prague State Opera is a gusher of ideas, starting as slapstick but profoundly moving by the end.
****1
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A muddled new Ariadne auf Naxos in Prague

Cornelia Beskow (Ariadne) © Petr Neubert
Fine vocal and musical performances can't overcome Sláva Daubnerová's staging which misses the mark.
***11
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A raucous Rosenkavalier from Prague State Opera

Petra Alvarez Šimková (Marschallin) and Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir (Octavian) © Zdeněk Sokol
A strong international cast and fine musicianship from the orchestra carries on Strauss's legacy with a smart, antic romp.
****1
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