The Pallor of Dorian Gray

By Frank Kuznik, 22 May 2015

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Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 19 May 2015

Čekovská, Dorian Gray

Slovak National Theatre

Christopher Ward, Conductor

Nicola Raab, Director

Alix Burgstaller, Set Designer

Anne Marie Legenstein, Costume Designer

Helena Becse-Szabó, Sybil Vane

Denisa Hamarová, Brothel madam

Terézia Kružliaková, Mrs Leaf

Martin Gyimesi, Alan Campbell

Eamonn Mulhall, Dorian

Ján Ďurčo, James Vane

Aleš Jenis, Lord Henry

Martin Malachovský, Basil

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****1

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.

The Pallor of Dorian Gray at the Prague Spring Festival