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PragueSweeney Todd
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Anna Pozidis; Martin Čičvák; The Czech National Opera; Richard Hein; Hans Hoffer; Georges Vafias; Jan Dörner
PragueManon
Massenet: Manon
Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The Czech National Ballet; Martin Yates; Robert Tewsley; Cinzia Lo Fazio; Natalia Stewart
PragueRusalka
Dvořák: Rusalka
Anna Pozidis; The Czech National Opera; Ondrej Olos; Prague State Opera Orchestra; Prague State Opera Chorus; Olga Busuioc
PragueLady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
Schostakowitsch: Lady Macbeth von Mzensk
Hermann Bäumer; František Zahradníček; The Czech National Opera; Martin Čičvák; Georges Vafias; Jan Dörner; Prague State Opera Orchestra
PragueWho cares?
Brahms, Gershwin
George Balanchine; The Czech National Ballet; Václav Zahradník; Francois-Noël Cherpin; Jan Beneš; Prague State Opera Orchestra
PragueTosca
Puccini: Tosca
Hilary Griffiths; Martin Otava; The Czech National Opera; Zuzana Kadlčíková; Josef Svoboda; Josef Jelínek; Pavel Dautovský
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Hitting all the wrong notes: Sweeney Todd at Prague State Opera
Strong singing and sharp choreography cannot rescue a hybrid version of Sweeney Todd staged by director Martin Čičvák.
An ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague
Barbora Horáková’s new staging of Poulenc’s historic tragedy hits hard at the Prague State Opera, but it never quite reaches its goal.
Parsifal reconsidered: A provocative improvisation in Prague
Timo Riihonen and Ester Pavlů stand out in a strong cast which carries Andreas Homoki's revised version of Wagner's final opera.
John Neumeier’s Liliom: A Prague triumph
Czech National Ballet scores a hit in John Neumeier’s masterpiece Liliom, with back to back performances and multiple casts.
Calixto Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague
At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results.
A politically charged new Manon in Prague
Puccini's classic takes on a harsh contemporary edge in a dark treatment by director Sláva Daubnerová at Prague's National Theatre.