This year, Supraphon released a long-lost recording from a performance of Smetana’s Libuše, an opera which tells the mythical story of a Bohemian clairvoyant queen, […]
The open-air revolving auditorium in South Bohemia is arguably the most unusual place to enjoy opera and ballet. The colosseum-like structure, which turns to reveal […]
Soprano Anja Silja is a living legend of world opera, often called “the second Callas.” Few singers have sung such a large range of roles. […]
Recently, the zippered facemask, which supposedly protect wind players and their surroundings from infection by the coronavirus, has generated considerable attention. Do these face masks […]
Josef Špaček jr., concert master of the Czech Philharmonic: no need for further introduction. This young, charming violinist has, in his not-quite-decade-long career, earned admiration […]
The award-winning team behind the movie Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years embarked on a project surrounding another music phenomenon. The documentary […]
Music journalist Jiří Vejvoda and tenor Andreas Schager met at the National Theater in Prague to talk about the State Opera’s new project, Fascination with […]
Jaroslav Vodrážka (May 14, 1930, Martin – April 16, 2019, Pastviny) was a Czech organist and noted organ improviser. He was born in the Slovak […]
Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold is celebrating 150 years since its premiere! On the occasion of this anniversary, in addition to concerts on May 23 and […]
Far away, at the very bottom of the ocean, which no anchor can reach and no human eye can see, is the home of marine […]
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 […]
The legendary composer Krzysztof Penderecki visited the Czech city of Olomouc on September 20th, 2018, to conduct his monumental piece Credo which won a Grammy […]
Your father Godfrey Hewitt was a choirmaster in the Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa. How did his function and mission affect your relationship to music […]
