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Bychkov’s Mahler 8 makes a heavenly finale for Prague Spring

Mahler 8 closes the Prague Spring festival © Pražské jaro | Václav Hodina
Under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, the Czech Philharmonic and a sprawling supporting cast lead listeners up a stairway to heaven. 

Lolita in Prague: a bold foray into forbidden love

The National Theater opens the season with Rodion Shchedrin's searing version of Lolita, with spectacularly disturbing results.

A too-real Tosca from Arnaud Bernard in Prague

A political makeover of Puccini's verismo classic backfires.

A three-ring Hänsel und Gretel in Prague

The fantasy characters prove to be more interesting than the real ones in a Czech treatment of Engelbert Humperdinck's fairy-tale classic.

A disappointing Cunning Little Vixen in Prague

The National Theatre in Prague should be the second-best place in the world to see Leoš Janáček's charming opera The Cunning Little Vixen. But its current production, new in the repertoire this season, is such a disappointment.