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Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Michael Hofstetter; Alice Nellis; Prague National Theatre Opera; Matěj Cibulka; Kateřina Štefková; Ivo Dankovič; Prague National Theatre Orchestra
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Rameau: Platée
Václav Luks; SKUTR (Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský); Prague National Theatre Opera; Jakub Kopecký; Simona Rybáková; Jan Dörner; Collegium 1704
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Ariadne in Rome: David Hermann’s Strauss staging highlights contrasts
In an opera rarely staged in Italy, David Hermann skilfully masters the metatheatrical challenges posed by the libretto to Ariadne auf Naxos.
A rambunctious Platée revival in Prague
SKUTR's daring direction and Václav Luks's early music expertise combine to bring new vitality to a Baroque classic.
Warlikowski’s prison: From the House of the Dead in Rome
The Polish director comes to Italy for the first time to direct Janáček's last opera, with the young Belarusian Dmitry Matvienko conducting.
Rattle and the LSO chill the soul in Kátya Kabanová
Amanda Majeski reprises her peerless Kátya, but Katarina Dalayman's flint-like characterisation as Kabanicha strikes the most sparks.
Kátya Kabanová flies to Rome for the first time
Richard Jones' setting is superb in its bare minimalism, but he pays great attention to all the psychological nuances in Janáček's opera.
Carsen's ravishing staging of Káťa Kabanová
Originally conceived by Robert Carsen for the Vlaamse Opera, this production of Katia Kabanova is now at Teatro Regio, second chapter of a Janáček/Carsen project.