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Puccini's classic takes on a harsh contemporary edge in a dark treatment by director Sláva Daubnerová at Prague's National Theatre. 

Czech National Ballet sheds a new light on MacMillan's unique ability to make story-telling ballets on a grand scale.

SKUTR's daring direction and Václav Luks's early music expertise combine to bring new vitality to a Baroque classic. 

Nigel Lowery’s new production at Prague State Opera is a gusher of ideas, starting as slapstick but profoundly moving by the end.

Czech National Ballet are well suited to Ronald Hynd's delightful production of Coppélia.

Andriy Yurkevych leads a rousing musical performance, but this visually impressive Nabucco tries to hard to be relevant and misses the mark.

Shostakovich's murderess comes to terrifying life in Martin Čičvák's smart, sensational production for the Prague State Opera. 

Donizetti's frothy romantic comedy takes on fresh appeal in this faithful rendering at the State Opera.

Choreography isn't the only thing lacking in Alexander Zemlinsky's comic gem Kleider machen Leute.

“An eye for an eye, a kiss for a kiss,” declares Madeleine in the knock-down battle of the sexes that is Paul Abraham's rarely staged operetta. 

Calixto Bieito's surreal production of Erwin Schulhoff's forgotten opera takes the audience to the heart of darkness.

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

Jiři Herman’s staging is authentically Japanese and focuses on the deliberate injustice of Butterfly's treatment, with strong performances in the lead roles.

The National Theater opens the season with Rodion Shchedrin's searing version of Lolita, with spectacularly disturbing results.

In this new distillation of The Ring, more is less.

José Cura shines as a designer but brings surprisingly little staging expertise to his latest directorial effort.

Invigorating in the pit, Britten’s Billy Budd never gets its sea legs on the National Theatre stage.

A political makeover of Puccini's verismo classic backfires.

With a Slovak team at the helm, the National Theater offers a smart, fresh take on a familiar story.

The National Theater opens the new opera season with a gripping, thought-provoking production of Bellini's romantic tragedy.

The fantasy characters prove to be more interesting than the real ones in a Czech treatment of Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale classic.

El concierto con el que La Filarmónica inauguró su temporada finalizó con un asombroso despliegue del Orfeón en la Novena de Beethoven (perfectamente afinado y nítidamente proyectado sobre la masa instrumental de la Orquesta de Praga) que no proporcionó, sin embargo, la satisfacción que requerían las circunstancias.