Šárka: a controversial revival in Prague

Maida Hundeling (Šárka)

Maida Hundeling (Šárka), Ester Pavlů (Vlasta) and Svatopluk Sem (Kníže Přemysl)

Maida Hundeling (Šárka), National Theatre Chorus and Ballet

Šárka

By Frank Kuznik, 09 November 2024

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“Maida Hundeling dominated the stage as Šárka, a cutthroat (literally)”

Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 7 November 2024

Fibich, Šárka

Prague National Theatre Opera

Robert Jindra, Conductor

Kay Link, Director

Frank Albert, Set Designer

Nina Reichmann, Costume Designer

Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Prague National Theatre Chorus

Beno Blachut Jr, Dramaturgy

Svatopluk Sem, Prince Přemysl

Tadeusz Szlenkier, Ctirad

František Zahradníček, Vitoraz

Eva Urbanová, Vlasta

Maida Hundeling, Šárka

Tamara Morozová, Libina

Dana Burešová, Svatava

Maria Kobielska, Mlada

Kateřina Jalovcová, Radka

Jana Sýkorová, Častava

Alena Grach, Hosta

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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.