Artiste: Alexandra Grusková

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 National Theater opens the new opera season with a gripping, thought-provoking production of Bellini's romantic tragedy.

With a production in a style with which I was not at all familiar and which I found very true to the work's spirit, this Rusalka at the Czech National Theatre in Prague was a memorable evening's opera.