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Jiří Heřman’s Edgy and Grand Libuše Celebrates 100 Years of Czech Statehood

18/11/201831/10/2018 by Rick Perdian

Czech Republic Smetana, Libuše: Soloists, National Theatre Brno Chorus and Orchestra / Robert Kružík (conductor), Brno Exhibition Centre – Pavilion P, Brno, 28.10.2018. (RP)

Czech Presidents T. G. Masaryk and Václav Havel in Smetana’s Libuše
© National Theatre Brno

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A Supersized Faust with a Magnificent Marguerite

06/06/201830/05/2018 by Rick Perdian

Czech Republic Gounod, Faust: Soloists, National Theatre Brno Ballet, Chorus and Orchestra/Marko Ivanović (conductor), Brno Exhibition Centre – Pavilion P, Brno, 26.5.2018. (RP)

Brno Exhibition Centre – Pavilion P © Rick Perdian

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