The Prague National Theatre Opera and State Opera has announced its 2024-25 season. The company will present eight new productions and 320 performances of 39 different operas. Operas in alphabetical order The season will include Petar Selem’s production of Verdi’s “Aida” with Andriy Yurkevych conducting. Performance Dates: TBA Bizet’s “Carmen” returns in Grischa Asagaroff’s production. Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2024 Jiří {…}
The Prague National Theatre has agreed to extend the contract of Artistic Director Per Boye Hansen. Hansen, who is Artistic Director of the National Theatre Opera and State Opera, has been extended through July 31, 2028. The Norwegian leader previously held the position of Artistic Director of the Norwegian National Opera, General and Artistic Director of the Bergen International Festival, {…}
The Prague National Theatre is set to premiere a new production of “Der Rosenkavalier.” Opening on Nov. 24 and running through Dec. 29 at the State Opera, the opera will star Petra Alvarez Simková as the Marschallin with Arnheiour Eiríksdóttir as Octavian, Martin Bárta as Faninal, Vera Talerko as Sophie, Lucie Hájková as Marianne, and Timo Riihonen as Baron Ochs. {…}
Mezzo-soprano Lenka Šmídová has died at the age of 60. The news was announced by the spokesman for the Prague National Theater, where Šmídová was a leading artist. The mezzo studied and graduated from the Prague Conservatoire with Helena Tattermuschová and later at the Prague Academy of Music with René Tuček. She became a soloist at the Prague National Theater opera {…}
The National Theatre Prague is set to present a new production of “Carmen” this March. The opera, which opens on March 10 and 12 will star Nana Dzidziguri and Ester Pavlů as Carmen; Luis Gomez and Michal Lehotský as Don José; Łukász Golinski and Svatopluk Sem as Escamillo; and Kateřina Kněžíková, Alžběta Poláčková and Jana Sibera as Micaäla. Grischa Asagaroff {…}
(Credit: Národní divadlo official website) The entire 62-member chorus of the Opera of the National Theater in Prague has been sent into a two-week quarantine after it was revealed that several members of the ensemble had contracted COVID-19. As a result, the performance of the Bedřich Smetana’s opera “Libuše” has been canceled. Janáček’s opera “Jenůfa” and Dvořák’s opera “Rusalka” will {…}
The Czech Republic has suspended performances as a precaution against coronavirus. Following the Czech ministry of Health’s orders the Prague National Theatre and Brno National Theatre have issued statements suspending performances. In a statement by the National Theatre said, “Pursuant to the decree of the Czech government, as of Tuesday, 10 March 2020, the National Theatre has cancelled all its performances. {…}
Herman Melville, E.M. Forster, Eric Crozier and Benjamin Britten all believed that “Billy Budd” was set at sea. Czech theatre director Daniel Špinar thinks otherwise. His new four-act production of Britten’s psychologically fascinating, demonstrably homoerotic and deeply disturbing drama for the National Theatre in Prague had as much to do with HMS Indomitable as “Madama Butterfly” moved to Mozambique. In the {…}
