Performer: Josef Moravec

Sláva Daubnerová's contemporary treatment of the Ring opener at the Prague National Theatre is socially ambitious but artistically disappointing.

At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results. 

Aribert Reimann's Lear takes no prisoners in a disturbing portrayal of a world gone awry, but Barbora Horáková's scattergun direction adds to the confusion.