The most popular Czech comic opera, with a libretto by Karel Sabina, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana, in the current production of the National Theater in Prague. For more than 150 years, The Bartered Bride has dominated Czech opera. No one else, not even Smetana himself, has managed to surpass its popularity, which over the years has become part of our national DNA, so to speak. At the time of its creation in the 1860s, however, The Bartered Bride was actually quite a bold experiment – Bedřich Smetana and librettist Karel Sabina masterfully mocked all those who imagined "national opera" as an idyllic picture of the Czech countryside, where national virtues reign supreme.

Last production staged by Patrice Chéreau, this Elektra will remain as the main and most striking ly...
Easter is a five story-arc opera about the coming-of-age of juking. The first of its tales aptly dea...

co-production with the Teatro Real (Madrid).

Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in tim...

The definitive version of this rare opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The costume and set design is ...

Lovely but lethal, the evil Princess Turandot comes to life through the performance of Luana De Vol ...

Gustav Von Aschenbach, a passionate composer, arrives in Venice as a result of wanderlust and there ...

Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on l...

Frantisek Filip film version of the Smetana opera.

A group of merchants and vikings navigate dramatic events both within and without in this epic music...

The life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singe...

A musical drama based on Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.

There are elements of Eurotrash in this outdoor Aix-en-Provence summer opera production. Nevertheles...

The tale of a quick-witted fox and her escape from confinement for a life in the forest.

At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected a...

Imagine a window into the past. Imagine finally connecting singers' bodies to the voices you have al...