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Prague National Theatre
Brahms, Gershwin
George Balanchine; The Czech National Ballet; Prague State Opera Orchestra

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Prague National Theatre
Verdi: La traviata
Jiří Štrunc; Arnaud Bernard; Prague National Theatre Opera; Anna Pozidis; Alessandro Camera; Maria Carla Ricotti; Patrick Méeüs

PragueNabucco

Prague National Theatre
Verdi: Nabucco
Hermann Bäumer; Tomáš Ondřej Pilař; Prague National Theatre Opera; Anna Pozidis; Andriy Yurkevych; Petr Vítek; Dana Haklová

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Prague National Theatre
Dvořák: Rusalka
Anna Pozidis; Prague National Theatre Opera; Ondrej Olos; Prague State Opera Orchestra; Prague State Opera Chorus; Olga Busuioc

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Massenet: Manon
Sir Kenneth MacMillan; The Czech National Ballet; Martin Yates; Robert Tewsley; Cinzia Lo Fazio; Natalia Stewart

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Prague National Theatre
Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Anna Pozidis; Martin Čičvák; Prague National Theatre Opera; Richard Hein; Hans Hoffer; Georges Vafias; Jan Dörner
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An ambitious update of Dialogues of the Carmelites in Prague

Jana Sibera (Blanche de la Force) © Petr Neubert

Barbora Horáková’s new staging of Poulenc’s historic tragedy hits hard at the Prague State Opera, but it never quite reaches its goal. 

***11
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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.
****1
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John Neumeier’s Liliom: A Prague triumph

Giovanni Rotolo as Liliom and Alina Nanu as Julie in John Neumeier's Liliom © Serghei Gherciu
Czech National Ballet scores a hit in John Neumeier’s masterpiece Liliom, with back to back performances and multiple casts.
*****
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Calixto Bieito’s Idomeneo runs out of time in Prague

Evan LeRoy Johnson (Idomeneo) and the State Opera Chorus © Serghei Gherciu
At the Prague State Opera, Calixto Brieito relocates Mozart's opera seria to modern times, with disastrous results. 
***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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L’Histoire de Manon: MacMillan's great ballet comes to Prague

Danilo Lo Monaco as Des Grieux and Romina Contreras as Manon in MacMillan's L'Histoire de Manon © Serghei Gherciu
Czech National Ballet sheds a new light on MacMillan's unique ability to make story-telling ballets on a grand scale.
****1
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