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An all-star Jenůfa falls short in Prague

Kateřina Kněžíková (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička) and Aleš Briscein (Laca) © Zdeněk Sokol
Superb singing and brilliant work in the pit can't quite rescue Jiří Nekvasil's overambitious production.

The Devil’s Wall: Smetana’s last opera, at his birthplace

The Devil's Wall © František Renka
Glorious music and excellent singing can't mask a simplistic staging of Smetana's last opera, an uneasy combination of rom-com and medieval legend. 

Casting Trump as a 21st-century Brechtian villain

Donatienne Michel-Dansac (Donald Trump) © Martin Popelář
Donatienne Michel-Dansac is great in the lead at the Ostrava Days new music festival, leering, boasting and swaggering convincingly as the former US President. 

Don Giovanni: Plácido Domingo fulfills a dream in Prague

The King of Opera leads an inspired performance commemorating the 230th anniversary of Don Giovanni.

Red Moon Rising: Orff in Prague

In a delirious opening to the new opera season, Prague's National Theatre puts a contemporary spin on Carl Orff and the Brothers Grimm.

NODO winds down with phenomenal Oresteia

Despite the fact that few (if any) in the audience could understand ancient Greek, the emotions of the characters, and particularly the desperation of Mr Falk's Kassandra, came through with astonishing intensity.