Most of Poland’s symphony orchestras and opera companies invite music fans to special New Year’s Eve concerts featuring a ...

KUWAIT CITY, Nov 5: These days mark the 107th anniversary of the establishment of Czechoslovakia and 60th anniversary of the opening of the Embassy of this country in the State of Kuwait. Ambassador ...

Hanri Mostert receives funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. She is a member of the Expropriation Expert Group and a steering committee member of the International Bar ...

This MET production of Bedrich Semtanas classic folk opera boasts a superb cast including Nicolai Gedda Jon Vickers Teresa Stratas and Marti Talvela The staging and misenscene is traditional and very ...

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 ...

And it has an anti-hero in the person of a youth with a stammer, who gets laughed at and ends up as a circus bear. The fact that the proposed sale is a trick to enable a genuine love match is the sort ...

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The National Moravian-Silesian Theater is set to present Smetana’s famed “The Bartered Bride” starting on Dec. 15, 2022. Marek Šedivý conducts with Jiří Nekvasil directs the production. The opera will ...

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The Met and the Juilliard School are collaborating on a fully staged production of Bedřich Smetana’s charming and sadly neglected Czech opera, and they’re bringing serious star power to bear: James ...