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DER ROSENVAVALIER Comes to the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- September 19, 2024 One of the most popular 20th–century operas, Der Rosenvavalier (The Knight of the Rose) was created by the German composer Richard Strauss in collaboration with the Austrian writer, dramatist and librettist Hugo von Hoffmansthal.
JENUFA Comes to the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- September 09, 2024 Jenufa is coming to the National Theatre in Prague this week. Performances will take place on 11 and 16 September 2024.
National Theatre Opera Shines at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland by BWW News Desk
- September 06, 2024 The National Theatre Opera ensemble has performed Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride at the prestigious Savonlinna Opera Festival in Finland. The first of three performances directed by Alice Nellis and under the baton of Jaroslav Kyzlink took place on 27 July 2024 at Olanvinlinna Castle and was watched by 1,300 spectators.
NABUCCO is Now Playing at the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- August 15, 2024 The opera Nabucco, depicting the dramatic story of the subjugation of the Israelites by the King of Babylon, ranks among Guiseppe Verdi’s most celebrated works. Phenomenal chorus scenes, extremely impassioned virtuoso arias, as well as the perennially topical themes of expansive war, lust for power, betrayal, life and death, are the reasons why it has always been a staple of opera houses’ repertoire.
L'ELISIR D'AMORE Comes to the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- August 08, 2024 L’elisir d’amore by Gaetano Donizetti comes to the National Theatre in Prague next month. Premiere performances are on 22 and 24 September at the State Opera.
THE BARTERED BRIDE Comes to the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- August 01, 2024 Smetana and the librettist Karel Sabina masterfully mocked all those who expected the “national opera” to be an idyllic picture of the Czech countryside, with its inhabitants being virtuous and governed by high morals.
TOSCA Comes to the National Theatre in Prague Next Month by BWW News Desk
- July 30, 2024 The singer Floria Tosca, who is even invited to the royal court, and the painter Mario Cavaradossi are respected and adored artists, yet their standing does not safeguard them against the malicious police chief Baron Scarpia.
POE Comes to the National Theatre in Prague This September by BWW News Desk
- July 15, 2024 Edgar Allan Poe and the characters of his fantastic universe are brought to life in the production prepared by Laterna magika, combining dance, singing, original music score, instrumental music, vivid stage design and striking costumes, objects, and marionettes.
WERNISCH is Now Playing at the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- June 24, 2024 The work of Ivan Wernisch, a poet, translator, editor, journalist, pundit, mystifier, solitaire, wanderer and dreamer, viewed through the lens of his friend, director Jan Nebeský.
MEPHISTO Continues at the National Theatre in Prague Through March 2025 by BWW News Desk
- May 23, 2024 A stage adaptation of the famous “career novel”, fascinating for its precise psychological study of a relentless pursuit of fame and the fate of the unscrupulous main character, who voluntarily sells his soul to the regime and the opportunistic society in return for his success as an actor. A story about love for art, obsession with theatre and the lure of golden portals. Above all, it is a cautionary tale about an actor who took acting as the role of his life.
PAPER STORY is Now Playing at the National Theatre in Prague by BWW News Desk
- April 19, 2024 Paper Story comes to Prague this week. This is a poetic production about the frail world we ourselves create, suitable for the whole family. The main role is assigned to paper, playfulness and children’s imagination.
Stephen Sondheim se vrací do Plzně v dobré COMPANY by Krystof Petrasek
- April 16, 2024 Po prosincové derniéře veleúspěšného Sweeneyho Todda představuje muzikál Divadla J. K. Tyla další tentokrát méně známý Sondheimův kus: muzikál Company (Přátelé).
LATERNA FEST Opens in Prague Next Month by BWW News Desk
- April 11, 2024 The first festival edition was held at the New Stage of the National Theatre two years ago on instigation of Radim Vizváry, the artistic director of Laterna magika. The second Laterna fest edition brings to Prague progressive and inspiring artists from Japan, Australia, Sweden, Canada, Israel and the Czech Republic.
ČARODĚJKY ZE SALEMU v Divadle J. K. Tyla v Plzni by Krystof Petrasek
- March 27, 2024 What did our critic think of ČARODĚJKY ZE SALEMU at Divadlo J. K. Tyla V Plzni? Po 55 letech od první premiéry se do Plzně vrátila inscenace Čarodějky ze Salemu Arthura Millera. Jeho dílo je silně politickou hrou zasazenou na pozadí skutečné historické události, čarodějnických procesů v Salemu. Hra je reakcí na procesy poloviny 20. století v USA, tzv. Mccarthismus, kdy byli nejen umělci, ale hlavně federální úředníci stíháni za vykonstruované vazby na komunistickou stranu.
Review: Nová RUSALKA v Národním divadle by Krystof Petrasek
- March 15, 2024 Po loňské derniéře úspěšné inscenace Heřmanovy Rusalky v Národním divadle nyní divadlo uvedlo premiéru nového zpracování Dvořákovy nejúspěšnější opery. Tentokrát se režie ujali šéfové činohry Národního divadla duo SKUTR. Jak se těmto úspěšným režisérům první operní představení na prknech první české scény vydařilo?
Prague Shakespeare Company Parnters With EU Creative Europe Grant For WE ARE HAMLET by BWW News Desk
- March 15, 2024 The EU Creative Europe Grant program is supporting theatre collaboration between the the Prague Shakespeare Company in Prague, Czech Republic, bremer shakespeare company in Bremen, Germany and The Odesa Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater named after Vasyl Vasylko in Odesa, Ukraine.