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

Aribert Reimann's Lear takes no prisoners in a disturbing portrayal of a world gone awry, but Barbora Horáková's scattergun direction adds to the confusion. 

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

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

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

Fine vocal and musical performances can't overcome Sláva Daubnerová's staging which misses the mark.

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

Barbora Horáková's imaginative updating of The Marriage of Figaro sags under its own weight at the Estates Theatre, Prague.

Dvořák’s final opera gets a rare staging outside its Czech homeland, at Wexford – the festival where dead operas return to life.

“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. 

Powerful visuals can't compensate for an otherwise empty production of Janáček’s gripping tragedy.

All the energy is in the pit in this flat production of a time-honored favorite.

Slovak director Zuzana Gilhuus' serendipitous production could hardly be more timely.

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

Dvořák's failed King and Charcoal Burner gets a second chance and new life at his namesake festival.

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

A twin tribute slices and dices the composer's life and leaves a bad aftertaste.

Prague's National Theater wraps its season with a wickedly funny revival of Offenbach's audacious operetta.

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

A twin bill of fairy tales in Prague delights and disappoints.

Making his operatic debut at Prague's National Theatre, director Daniel Špinar recasts Janáček’s From the House of the Dead as a schizophrenic prison comedy.

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

This gem from Martinů received a bright, spirited performance at the Estates Theatre in Prague – putting an early gleam on what should be an interesting year celebrating Czech music.