En direct, Vidéo: Rechercher des critiques de musique classique, opéra et ballet | Lukáš Bařák

An ambitious effort to honor hometown hero Otakar Ostrčil sags under its own weight at the Prague National Theatre. 

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

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

Donizetti's frothy romantic comedy takes on fresh appeal in this faithful rendering at the State Opera.

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

Jakub Hrůša leads a musically thrilling but dramatically problematic From the House of the Dead and Glagolitic Mass at the 2022 Janáček Brno International Festival.

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

A talented cast labors under the yoke of a gender-conscious Così fan tutte in a new production at the Estates Theatre. 

Robert Carsen schafft eine subtile aber meisterhaft vielschichtige neue Inszenierung.

Lively singing saves Magdalena Švecová's listless production of Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Národní divadlo.

“Who's dead, you or the old man?” asks Leporello after Don Giovanni’s duel with the Commendatore. What if the answer was that they had both received fatal wounds?

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