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Interview: Plácido Domingo: “I always admired Peter Dvorský. He was one of the greatest tenors.”

Plácido Domingo performed in Prague for the first time in 1990 when he and soprano Ileana Cotrubaș gave a concert at St. Jacob’s Cathedral in Prague. For Domingo, this was

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Contemporary Czech Orchestra Presents a Nightmarish Covid Video Project in Abandoned Hotels

A violinist in the bathtub, a world premiere, a murder in live broadcast, a mafia saga from the industrial city of Brno. The tourist industry and the live performing arts

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DANCETOPIA 2025: A space for care, relationality, and artistic regeneration

From June 16–24, the second edition of the international residency, symposium, and performative gathering DANCETOPIA 2025 took place at ALTA Air Camp in Kounice and Studio ALTA in Prague. With

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Opera PLUS Retro No. 2: Heřma Žárská – A Forgotten Czech Star At The MET (AUDIO)

During the first two decades of the 20th century, as recording technology gradually took off, Rusalka’s Song to the moon was by far the most common Czech opera recording, with

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Should the New Prague Concert Hall be Digital?: Two Points of View

Plans to build a new classical music concert hall in Prague are a long time in the making (we have covered it in English here). During the pandemic, however, a

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