The Prague State Opera is part of the National Theatre of Czech Republic. It was first opened in 1888 as the New German Theatre; later, it was called Smetana Theatre from 1949 to 1989. It was ...

Rampant ambition, inordinate lust for power and mysterious oracles - these are the ingredients of the opera thriller and the first of the three unique creative unions between Giuseppe Verdi and ...

In Prague (in the opera house, today´s State Opera), the opera has been staged since the very beginning of its existence, when it took over the production from the German Estates Theatre.

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech State Opera hoisted an ornate curtain on Thursday as a three-year project to restore the 19th-century opera building to its original glory neared completion ahead of a ...

and Prague State Opera in Czech. In 2009, the opera Red Cliff went abroad for the first time, appearing in the form of a video at Time Square's famous big screen in New York. This time around ...

A VISIT TO the Prague State Opera House to see a performance of Puccini’s La Bohème and the chance to spend three nights in Prague… A VISIT TO the Prague State Opera House to see a ...

George Michael attempted a bit of everything, in a bizarre, stop-start set at the State Opera House in Prague, says Neil McCormick. By Neil Mccormick 23 August 2011 • 5:55pm George Michael on ...

As of the 2025/26 season German conductor Hermann Bäumer will serve as music director of the State Opera in Prague. He will replace Andriy Yurkevych, who is leaving the post for personal reasons.