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Kateřina Kněžíková (Rusalka) © Pavel Hejný

An audacious update of a Dvořák classic at Prague's National Theatre

By Frank Kuznik, 27 September 2024

Directors Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský, who work together as SKUTR, take on Dvořák’s Rusalka with a surfeit of ideas.

***11

***11

Prague

27 Sep 2024

An audacious update of a Dvořák classic in Prague

By Frank Kuznik

Jiří Brückler (Schwanda) © Ilona Sochorová

A happy homecoming for a neglected Czech legend: Schwanda the Bagpiper in Prague

By Frank Kuznik, 06 October 2022

The National Theater revives Jaromír Weinberger opera Schwanda the Bagpiper with energy, affection and overly active imagination.

***11

***11

Prague

06 Oct 2022

A happy homecoming for a neglected Czech legend

By Frank Kuznik

Outstanding Bluebeard in Brno, but Erwartung disappoints

By David Karlin, 16 October 2016

David Radok links two expressionist works, Bartók's Duke Bluebeard's Castle and Schoenberg's Erwartung, to the advantage of the Bartók.

****1

****1

Brno

16 Oct 2016

Outstanding Bluebeard in Brno

By David Karlin

Andrea Chénier: A velvety revolution in Prague

By Frank Kuznik, 05 May 2016

Despite some strong performances onstage and in the pit, the National Theater's Andrea Chénier never catches fire.

***11

***11

Prague

05 May 2016

A velvety revolution in Prague

By Frank Kuznik