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Jana Sibera (Blanche de la Force) © Petr Neubert

Barbora Horáková directs an ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague

By Frank Kuznik, 21 May 2026

Barbora Horáková’s new staging of Poulenc’s historic tragedy hits hard at the Prague State Opera, but it never quite reaches its goal.

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Prague

21 May 2026

An ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague

By Frank Kuznik

Jaka Mihelač (Thomas) and actor (Matthias) © Gianmarco Bresadola

Berlin

Death Becomes Him: Haas' Thomas gets a new staging in Berlin

By Elena Luporini, 25 June 2023

In a new production for the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, director Barbora Horáková and conductor Max Renne guide the audience through Georg Friedrich Haas' deep reflection on death.

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****1

Berlin

25 Jun 2023

Death Becomes Him: Haas' Thomas gets a new staging in Berlin

By Elena Luporini

Prague

Singing the blues at the Prague State Opera

By Frank Kuznik, 26 November 2021

Director Barbora Horáková Joly and conductor Jiří Rožeň offer a fresh take on a pair of 20th-century psychodramas.

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****1

Prague

26 Nov 2021

Singing the blues at the Prague State Opera

By Frank Kuznik

Bryan Register (Tannhäuser) und Dorothea Spilger (Venus) © Ludwig Olah

Nuremberg

Das Leben ein Traum: Barbora Horákovás neuer Tannhäuser in Nürnberg

By Michael Vieth, 18 October 2026

Tannhäuser ist für Regisseurin Barbora Horáková die Geschichte eines unentschlossenen Künstlers, der sich nicht entscheiden kann zwischen Liebe, Ekstase und Verantwortung. Roland Böers Nürnberger Staatsphilharmonie liefert einen brillanten Wagner-Sound dazu.

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****1

Nuremberg

18 Oct 2026

Horákovás neuer Tannhäuser in Nürnberg: das Leben ein Traum

By Michael Vieth