Passionate Pergolesi in Prague

Jana Semerádová and Collegium Marianum

Collegium Marianum in Kostel Sv. Simona a Juda

Simona Šaturová and Gabriel Díaz

By Frank Kuznik, 05 April 2023

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“Šaturová has a round, lustrous voice that fit beautifully with Díaz’s”

Reviewed at Church of St Simon and St Jude (Kostel Sv. Simona a Juda), Prague on 4 April 2023

Hasse, Flute concerto in B minor

Hasse, Sinfonia in D Major, Op.3 no.3

Vinci, Arias from the oratorio Maria Dolorata

Pergolesi, Stabat Mater

Simona Šaturová, Soprano

Gabriel Díaz Cuesta, Countertenor

Collegium Marianum

Jana Semerádová, Flute, Director

In Prague, a sparkling season opener from Collegium 1704

Frank Kuznik, 9th October

Václav Luks launches a celebration of his ensemble's 20th anniversary with a seductive secular treatment of sacred music.

*****

Achille in Sciro retorna victorioso a Madrid tras 280 años

David Santana Cañas, 17th February

El Teatro Real revive el Achille in Sciro con una excelente producción a cargo de la directora de escena Mariame Clément y el director musical Ivor Bolton.

****1

El estreno de El abrecartas sube al escenario a la Generación del 27

David Santana Cañas, 16th February

Se estrena en el Teatro Real El abrecartas, la última ópera de Luis de Pablo con un reparto completamente nacional interpretando a los grandes poetas del siglo XX.

****1

Marvelous Martinů in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 8th December

Tomáš Netopil and the Czech Philharmonic bring high energy to the Martinů Days festival with a smart, fresh take on Ariadne.

****1

Popelka leads a fiery finish for Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 25th September

Petr Popelka takes the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra to heavenly heights with help from a brilliant group of of vocalists.

****1

Prague Spring closes with a class act

Frank Kuznik, 2nd June

Conductor Christoph Eschenbach brings style and sophistication to a freewheeling finale to this year's festival, ending with Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

****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.