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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Patrick Fournillier; Christof Loy; The Czech National Opera; Herbert Murauer; Valerio Tiberi; Prague National Theatre Orchestra
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Mozart: Idomeneo, rè di Creta
Konrad Junghänel; Calixto Bieito; The Czech National Opera; Richard Hein; Anna-Sofia Kirsch; Paula Klein; Reinhard Traub
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Zemlinsky, Schönberg, Mahler
Prague State Opera Orchestra; Hermann Bäumer; Tamara Morozová; Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir; Lukáš Bařák; Prague State Opera Chorus
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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Michael Hofstetter; Alice Nellis; The Czech National Opera; Matěj Cibulka; Kateřina Štefková; Ivo Dankovič; Prague National Theatre Orchestra
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Janáček: Kátja Kabanová
Robert Jindra; Calixto Bieito; The Czech National Opera; Aída Leonor Guardia; Eva Butzkies; Prague National Theatre Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus
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In Prague, a tedious Pelléas et Mélisande at the National Theatre
The music is captivating, but onstage, director Christof Loy’s historical treatment of Debussy’s only opera is bloodless
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Asmik Grigorian leads a searing performance in Martin Kušej’s 15-year-old, yet ever-fresh, outstanding production of Dvořák's opera.
Cherubini’s Medea falls flat in Prague
The challenges of Cherubini’s version of the Greek tragedy prove too much for the National Theatre to overcome.
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.
To the apocalypse and beyond: Le Grand Macabre in Prague
Nigel Lowery’s new production at Prague State Opera is a gusher of ideas, starting as slapstick but profoundly moving by the end.
A muddled new Ariadne auf Naxos in Prague
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Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande: Things left unsaid
Debussy’s only complete opera, Pélleas et Mélisande is a strikingly original piece of music drama. Icelandic mezzo-soprano Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir talks about taking on the role of Mélisande for the first time, and what makes this opera so special.