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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. 

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.

The Czech National Ballet bears all the hallmarks of a group of dancers who are hungry to learn and to embody whatever is offered to them.

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

A strong international cast and fine musicianship from the orchestra carries on Strauss's legacy with a smart, antic romp.

“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.

Franz Schreker's innovative study of artistic aspiration and despair gets a fresh look and loving musical treatment.

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

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

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 main problem with Keith Warner's staging is that the director’s dominating focus is on the Jungian ‘Elektra complex’ rather than Elektra the opera.

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.

Clumsy staging undercuts a fine musical performance at the National Theater's season finale.

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

Despite some outstanding choral work, the State Opera's new production of Boito's popular take on the Faust legend falls short of its heavenly aspirations.

Polish director Mariusz Treliński puts a contemporary spin on Salome by retelling the story from a victim's point of view.