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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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How To Live Stream National Theatre Brno’s ‘Jenůfa’ On OperaVision

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OperaVision will showcase Janáček’s “Jenůfa” live from the National Theatre Brno on Oct. 2, 2019. The production will feature Jitka Zerhauová, Jaroslav Březina, Tomáš Juhás, Szilvia Rálik, Pavla Vykopalová, Ivan Kusnjer, Ladislav Mlejnek, Jarmila Balážová, Eva Štěrbová, Stanislava Jirků, Lenka Schallenberger, Martina Mádlová, and Ivona Špičková. Marko Ivanović will conduct the production directed by Martin Glaser. The stream kicks off {…}

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Operavision 2018-19 Preview: Watch ‘The Cunning Little Vixen’ From National Theatre Brno

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Janacek’s “The Cunning Little Vixen” will be streamed live on OperaVision on Nov. 18, 2018 in a production from the National Theatre Brno. The opera will be staged in a new production by Jiří Heřman who is also the Artistic Director of Opera at the National Theatre Brno. The famed opera will star Jana Šrejma Kačirková, Julie Šebestová, Václava Krejči {…}

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Marina Rebeka, Asmik Grigorian & Nicholas Brownlee Lead International Opera Award Winners

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The International Opera Awards have announced their 2025 winners. The big prize of the evening, Opera Company of the Year, went to Theater an der Wien. The singers who took top prizes included Marina Rebeka, who won the coveted Reader’s Choice Award, while Adèle Charvet and Hugh Cutting received the Rising Star Award. Meanwhile, Nicholas Brownlee won the Male Singer {…}

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Sondra Radvanovsky, Freddie De Tommaso, Anastasia Bartoli, Elīna Garanča & Huw Montague Rendall Lead International Opera Awards Nominees

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The International Opera Awards have announced its 2025 nominees. The nominees for Opera Company of the Year are Deutsche Oper Berlin, GöteborgsOperan, Houston Grand Opera, MusikTheater an der Wien, Opernhaus Zürich, and Teatro alla Scala.  Meanwhile, in the Female Singer category, Anastasia Bartoli, Elsa Dreisig, Véronique Gens, Asmik Grigorian, Sondra Radvanovsky, and Adela Zaharia are the nominees.  In the Male Singer {…}

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Prague National Theatre Announces New Leadership

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Martin Glaser has been appointed to the position of general director of the Prague National Theatre. Currently, Glaser serves as the general director of Brno’s National Theatre (NdB). He will take the lead in Prague in Aug. 2028, succeeding Jan Burian. Collaborators joining Glaser in Prague are Jiri Herman as the head of the opera ensemble and Mario Radacovsky, who {…}

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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

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(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) During a walk in the forests outside Brno, Rudolf Těsnohlidek and his friends came across an abandoned baby that was left to freeze under a tree. The unmarried mother was eventually found and claimed she was hoping that the child would be discovered and given a better life. Unfortunately, such incidents were not uncommon in the early {…}

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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: Rusalka

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(Photo: Národní divadlo Brno) Fairytales often speak directly to our unconscious, revealing drives and truths that are not always apparent to our conscious selves. It is therefore not surprising that many tales are replicated across countries and cultures, even if the characters and details vary. The Slavic fable of Rusalka, for example, has counterparts with the French Melusine, Germanic Nixie {…}