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The Janáček Festival maintains its proud tradition with a brave eleventh-hour performance.

A terrific staging of Janáček's opera is successfully revived at the Teatro di San Carlo.

History was never more relevant than in this musical observance of a modern political milestone.

In Brno, Janáček's home, at the theatre and festival that bear his name, Jenůfa receives a performance with all the musical and dramatic intensity you might wish for.

Whilst the spirit of Mozart permeates the Estates Theatre in Prague, it was sadly absent in both the staging and singing of his “work of uninterrupted perfection”.  

Despite some staging problems, a Czech rarity gives the National Theater's new opera season a rousing start, with a vibrant score beautifully realized by conductor John Fiore.

Seeing Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre in Prague is a special occasion, for two reasons. Firstly, for the history: it’s the theatre where the opera was first performed, back in 1787. Secondly, because today’s Estates Theatre is one of the loveliest opera houses you will find anywhere. Seating just 643, it’s an intimate space, in the classic horseshoe parterre-plus-boxes configuration.

Ecouter un opéra en version de concert permet de mieux se concentrer sur la musique. Et quand il s’agit de Rusalka, le chef d’œuvre lyrique d’Antonin Dvorak, interprété par l’un des meilleurs orchestres symphoniques du monde, le Budapest Festival Orchestra, qui plus est dirigé par son talentueux fondateur et toujours directeur Iván Fischer, le bonheur ne peut être qu’au rendez-vous.