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Bachtrack top ten: Antonín Dvořák

Par Mark Pullinger, 08 septembre 2024

Johannes Brahms was a big supporter of Antonín Dvořák and justly so, for the Czech master, who made it big in America, composed music full of bucolic good humour and Romantic richness.

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08 sept. 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Antonín Dvořák

Par Mark Pullinger

Bachtrack top ten: Leoš Janáček

Par Mark Pullinger, 03 juillet 2024

Janáček was heavily influenced by folk music and speech inflections of his native Moravia. The vast majority of his greatest works come from his final decade, inspired by his infatuation with Kamila Stösslová.

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03 juil. 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Leoš Janáček

Par Mark Pullinger

Libuše at Prague National Theatre, 2018 © Hana Smejkalová

Prophet and mother to the Czechs: Mária Porubčinová on Smetana’s Libuše

Par Bachtrack, 13 juin 2024

A festive opera of pomp and pageantry, Smetana’s Libuše forms a central place in the Czech musical and national imagination. Soprano Mária Porubčinová talks about taking on the unique leading role.

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13 juin 2024

Prophet and mother to the Czechs: Smetana’s Libuše

Par Bachtrack

Juliette at the Prague National Theatre in 2018 © National Theatre Prague

Diving into logic of dreams: Bohuslav Martinů’s Julietta

Par Bachtrack, 24 avril 2024

Dramaturg Aleš Březina explores Bohuslav Martinů’s unique operatic forey into the world of dreams, which combined avant garde surrealism with a wide array Czech musical influences.

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24 avril 2024

The logic of dreams: Bohuslav Martinů’s Julietta

Par Bachtrack

Bachtrack top ten: Bohuslav Martinů

Par Mark Pullinger, 05 avril 2024

Bohuslav Martinů was a true cosmopolitan: Czech, but spending much of his life in France and the United States, writing in an eclectic style that drew on many influences.

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05 avril 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Bohuslav Martinů

Par Mark Pullinger

Bedřich Smetana, portrait by Geskel Saloman (1854) © Public domain

Bachtrack top ten: Bedřich Smetana

Par Mark Pullinger, 02 mars 2024

The father of Czech music, Bedřich Smetana was born 200 years ago. We celebrate his bicentenary by exploring his works, from the popular Má vlast to less-heard piano music.

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02 mars 2024

Bachtrack top ten: Bedřich Smetana

Par Mark Pullinger

An end to death: Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis

Par Bachtrack, 16 février 2024

Written while the composer was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto, Viktor Ullmann’s powerful opera imagines an end to death.

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16 févr. 2024

An end to death: Viktor Ullmann’s The Emperor of Atlantis

Par Bachtrack

The Bartered Bride at Ostrava © Martin Popelář

The forefather of Czech opera: Ostrava’s complete Smetana cycle

Par Gianmarco Segato, 25 janvier 2024

Bedřich Smetana was the fountainhead of the national school of Czech composition – and this year all eight of his operas will be ambitiously presented by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre.

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25 janv. 2024

The forefather of Czech opera: Ostrava’s complete Smetana cycle

Par Gianmarco Segato