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PragueCarmen

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

PragueHänsel und Gretel

Prague National Theatre
Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel
Richard Hein; Matěj Forman; Prague National Theatre Opera; Andrea Sodomková; Prague State Opera Orchestra; Prague State Opera Chorus

PragueLa bohème

© Zdeněk Sokol
Puccini: La bohème
Mino Marani; Ondřej Havelka; Prague State Opera; Martin Černý; Jana Zbořilová; Prague State Opera Orchestra; Prague State Opera Chorus

PraguePagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana

Prague National Theatre
Leoncavallo, Mascagni
Richard Hein; Ondřej Havelka; Prague National Theatre Opera; Giulio Cilona; Martin Černý; Jana Zbořilová; Pavel Dautovský
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Reimann's Lear makes for a dark season finale at Prague State Opera

MIloš Horák (Gloucester) and Tómas Tómasson (Lear) © Petr Neubert
Aribert Reimann's Lear takes no prisoners in a disturbing portrayal of a world gone awry, but Barbora Horáková's scattergun direction adds to the confusion. 
***11
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A politically charged new Manon in Prague

Ghiulnara Raileanu (Manon) © Serghei Gherciu
Puccini's classic takes on a harsh contemporary edge in a dark treatment by director Sláva Daubnerová at Prague's National Theatre. 
****1
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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. 
***11
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At Prague’s National Theatre, a witty, well-kept Smetana Secret

Jana Sibera (Blažena) and Aleš Briscein (Vít) © Serghei Gherciu
Aided by spirited singers and enthusiastic musicians, director Ondřej Havelka brings an imaginative, ironic touch to a lesser-known Smetana opera.
*****
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A torrid Lady Macbeth in Prague

Denys Pivnickij (Sergey) and Alžběta Poláčková (Katerina) © Zdeněk Sokol
Shostakovich's murderess comes to terrifying life in Martin Čičvák's smart, sensational production for the Prague State Opera. 
*****
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Ball im Savoy: a spirited tribute to a forgotten composer in Prague

Doubravka Součková (Madeleine de Faublas) © Národní divadlo | Zdeněk Sokol
“An eye for an eye, a kiss for a kiss,” declares Madeleine in the knock-down battle of the sexes that is Paul Abraham's rarely staged operetta. 
*****
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