Sergio Méndez Romero: Message comes first, aesthetics will follow

With dancers, we usually talk about their favourite roles and performances, but

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How the Thalia Awards are created: a polemic with Filip Stanek Being sincere with the audience is more important than perfect technique. Receiving the Thalia Award doesn’t mean I’m the best dancer, says Federico Ievoli, principal dancer with the National Theater Ballet Centenary of the legendary Czech composer Ilja Hurník: “Musical idea was a priority for him”, says his son LukášCulture Sergio Méndez Romero: Message comes first, aesthetics will follow Starting the Year Off Right: OperaPlus Launches Job Directory Arts Are the Basis of Modern Democracy: Open Letter to the Czech Government About Arts Funding Gains Broad SupportMust Read Dvořák’s music resonates deeply within me – its lyrical warmth and folkloric roots feel like home, says Chinese cellist Yibai Chen Douglas Rosenberg: I think about art as a continuum My biggest wish is not to make a fool of myself at Abbey Road, says Tomáš Borl, of a scholarship to Berklee College “My Dear Czech Nation Shall Not Perish:” Lost Recording of a Czech Opera In the Throes of World War IICelebrity Semyon Bychkov: The conductor has to be obsessed with his music Musica Florea and the Hartig Ensemble To Perform Beethoven’s Only Ballet Light and Movement in Prague’s Medieval Underground For Small AudiencesFashion The Festival Must Go On: Prague Spring Festival To Welcome Live Audiences A Musical Advent Calendar? The National Theater Opera and the State Opera Launch Their New Online Project Exclusive Interview: Krzysztof Penderecki and Conductor Jan BubákLatest Videos Opera PLUS Retro No. 2: Heřma Žárská – A Forgotten Czech Star At The MET (AUDIO) Ardašev’s Interpretation of Kabeláč Proved More Striking Than Beethoven I’m closing the circle – as an American, I’ll be presenting Korngold in his native Moravia, says Joshua BrownLatest Stories Evgeny Kissin in exceptional form. An interpretation that wounds, overwhelms, and transcends music itself Ardašev’s Interpretation of Kabeláč Proved More Striking Than Beethoven Arkadij Volodos at the Firkušný Festival: A Master of Miniature, Mood, and Character “I see myself as just an interpreter; the true artist is the composer,” says Mahan Esfahani Plácido Domingo Proves in Prague That Age Is Just a Number I’m closing the circle – as an American, I’ll be presenting Korngold in his native Moravia, says Joshua Brown Maria Baranova: The dialogue between you, your partner and the public is most important Evgeny Kissin exclusive interview: “I’ve had a plan through 2050”Follow US

Starting the Year Off Right: OperaPlus Launches Job Directory

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Arts Are the Basis of Modern Democracy: Open Letter to the Czech Government About Arts Funding Gains Broad Support

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