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PragueCarmen

© Hana Smejkalova
Bizet: Carmen
Zbyněk Müller; Grischa Asagaroff; Prague National Theatre Opera; Rastislav Štúr; Luigi Perego; Daniel Tesař

VilniusAida

© Martynas Aleksa
Verdi: Aida (Aïda)
Martynas Staškus; Gediminas Šeduikis; Lithuanian National Opera; Ričardas Šumila; Sigita Šimkūnaitė; Sandra Straukaitė; Andrius Stasiulis
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Parsifal reconsidered: A provocative improvisation in Prague

State Opera Chorus © Serghei Gherciu
Timo Riihonen and Ester Pavlů stand out in a strong cast which carries Andreas Homoki's revised version of Wagner's final opera.

An audacious update of a Dvořák classic in Prague

Kateřina Kněžíková (Rusalka) © Pavel Hejný
Directors Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský, who work together as SKUTR, take on Dvořák’s Rusalka with a surfeit of ideas. 

Märchen X Traumnovelle: Schwanda am MusikTheater an der Wien

Ester Pavlu (Königin) und Andrè Schuen (Schwanda) © Matthias Baus
Tobias Kratzer deutet Weinbergers Oper radikal neu und holt den böhmischen Märchenwald mit einem bestens disponierten Sängerensemble erfolgreich in die Wiener Gegenwart. 

A game of light and darkness: Don Carlo in Riga

Gómez Bohórquez (Jester) and Arnold Rutkowski (Don Carlo) © Kristaps Kalns | Latvian National Opera
Claus Guth's staging walks a line between atmosphere and audacity, in a powerful company achievement from Latvian National Opera.

A happy homecoming for a neglected Czech legend

Jiří Brückler (Schwanda) © Ilona Sochorová
The National Theater revives Jaromír Weinberger opera Schwanda the Bagpiper with energy, affection and overly active imagination.

Grischa Asagaroff directs a wayward new Carmen in Prague

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