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

The director drains the life out of an impassioned opera with a staging devoid of authenticity and ideas.

Superb singing and brilliant work in the pit can't quite rescue Jiří Nekvasil's overambitious production.

Aided by spirited singers and enthusiastic musicians, director Ondřej Havelka brings an imaginative, ironic touch to a lesser-known Smetana opera.

The Prague National Theatre serves up a bright finish to its insightful, troubling tour of interwar music. 

Adding a prequel to Gianni Schicchi mostly proves that a prequel isn't necessary... 

Great performances cannot rescue the Norwegian director's superficial treatment of a classic ghost story.

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

Lively singing saves Magdalena Švecová's listless production of Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Národní divadlo.

“Who's dead, you or the old man?” asks Leporello after Don Giovanni’s duel with the Commendatore. What if the answer was that they had both received fatal wounds?

Magdalena Švecová's staging for Prague National Theatre wins hearts with ensemble work full of verve and costumes that are pure eye candy.

A colorful, light-hearted approach captures the spirit of Prokofiev's LʼAmour des trois oranges.

Willy Decker's enduring production gets smart treatment in a handsome revival.

The National Theatre opens its new season with a Verdi favorite short on substance but lovely to hear.

Krakatit, an opera composed in the shadow of the Cold War, remains frighteningly relevant.

In a delirious opening to the new opera season, Prague's National Theatre puts a contemporary spin on Carl Orff and the Brothers Grimm.

Baffling staging muddles a politically charged period piece that still has the power to perturb.