En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Dagmar Pecková

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

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

As you round the corner of Prince Consort Road, you raise your head to catch a glimpse of the tip of the Royal Albert Hall dome. But just as you do…SMACK! You’ve collided with a stranger’s back. Reorienting yourself you realise there’s a queue a mile long, winding down the steps outside the Royal Albert Hall and stretching all the way to bus stop down the road.