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Janacek Brno Festival 2022 Review: From The House Of The Dead & The Glagolitic Mass

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(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) Would any opera house be bold enough to present a work about the horrors of life in a gulag in which the guilty and innocent are thrown together to be abused, debased and left to die? Undoubtedly, the answer is yes! What if it were to be presented in a Christian context, in which Christ walks among {…}

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Corinne Winters, Nicky Spence & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Janáček Brno Festival 2022 Season

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(Credit: Janáček Brno Festival) Janáček Brno Festival has announced its 2022 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works only. A double bill of “From the House of the Dead” and “Glagolitic Mass” spotlights Roman Hoza, Gianluca Zampieri, Tigran Hakobyan, Lukáš Bařák, Jan Šťáva, Kateřina Kněžíková, and Jarmila Balážová. Jakub Hrůša conducts a production {…}

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Salzburg Festival Announces Herbert Von Karajan Young Conductors Award Winner

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The Salzburg Festival has announced that Joel Sandelson has been named the winner of the Herbert Von Karajan Young Conductors Award. The award, which is given every two years, recognizes outstanding talents in conductors aged 35 and under. The prize includes 15,000 Euros, as well as the opportunity to conduct a Festival concert in August 2022 with the ORF Radio {…}

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Pavol Breslik & Karita Mattila Highlight Janáček Brno Festival’s 2020 Season

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The Janáček Brno Festival has announced its 2020 edition and confirmed it will begin as planned. For the purposes of this article, we have only focused on the vocal performances. Robert Carsen directs Leoš Janáček’s “Destiny” with a cast that includes Alžběta Poláčková and Szilvia Rálik. Marko Ivanović conducts the opening night opera. “Destiny,” created especially for the Janáček Opera, {…}

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Czech Philharmonic Announces 2024-25 Season

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The Czech Philharmonic has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances. Jakub Hrůša conducts Antonín Dvořák’s “Carnival Overture,” Josef Suk’s “Fantasy in G minor” for violin, and Leoš Janáček’s “Glagolitic Mass.” The concert will include soloists Julia Fischer, Corinne Winters, Bella Adamova, David Butt Philip, and Brindley Sherratt. Performance Date: Sept. 7, 2024 Semyon Bychkov conducts a Brahms {…}

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Brno National Theater 2023-24 Review: Peter Grimes

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(Photo Brno: Marek Olbryzmek) Britten’s “Peter Grimes” is a director’s dream. Who is Grimes? It is certain he is a loner; an outsider and a social misfit open to fits of temper. Yet there is also a sensitive side to his nature that comes out intermittently throughout the opera, notably in his aria “Now the Great Bear and the Pleiades” {…}

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National Theatre Brno 2023-24 Review: The Jacobin

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Photo: Patrik Borecky “Rusalka,” alone among Dvořák’s operas, has managed to establish itself across the opera world, while his other ten have largely been ignored outside his Czech homeland. One or two have managed to keep a small toehold on the international stage, but only just. It is a strange state of affairs, especially in the case of “The Jacobin.” {…}

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National Theatre Opera and State Opera of Prague Unveils 2023-24 Season

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The National Theatre Opera and State Opera of Prague has unveiled its 2023-24 season. “Libuse” will star Dana Buresová and will be conducted by Robert Jindra. Performance Dates: Sept. 2 – 28, 2023 “La Traviata” will feature Marie Fajtová, Lucie Kanková, Jana Sibera, and Taritza Véliz as Violetta Valéry. Andriy Yurkevych, Jirí Strunc, and Giedre Slekyte conduct. Performance Dates: Sept. {…}

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National Theatre Prague Announces 2021-22 Season

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The National Theatre Prague has announced its 2021-22 season. Ewa Plonka, Michal Lehotský, Veronika Hajnová, Miguelangelo Cavalcanti star in “Aida.” Maurizio Barbacini and Richard Hein conducts. Performance Dates: TBD Grischa Asagaroff will direct “Carmen,” conducted by Petr Poelka. Nana Dzidziguri and Ester Pavlů headline in the title role. Luis Gomes and Michal Lehotsky star as Don José. Performance Dates: TBD {…}