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

“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. 

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