Richard Samek

Current production

Boris Godunov

Modest Musorgskij

This operatic epic takes us back to a time when, following the death of Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of All Russia, the country found itself in a climate of power struggles and widespread chaos. The theme of one of the most evocative works in the world repertoire is the lust for power, which does not shy away from shameless manipulation of the masses or the shedding of blood. more

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La bohème

Giacomo Puccini

When Puccini’s masterful musical adaptation of Murger’s play *Scenes from Bohemian Life* premiered at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1896, it was clear that the opera would become an immortal part of the repertoire of theaters around the world. more

The Dogheads

Karel Kovařovic

A dramatic opera based on Alois Jirásek’s famous novel about the Chod rebellion more

Hansel and Gretel

Engelbert Humperdinck

A beloved fairy-tale opera for the whole family more

CHAPBOOK

Bohuslav Martinů

The beauty of dance, music and singing, from the roots of the Czech tradition which we draw on. Our ballet company joins the Year of Czech Music with a work that created in the 1930s, in a time of growing totalitarianism and looming crises. more

The Kiss

Bedřich Smetana

“A full sister of The Bartered Bride.” That is how one of the most popular operas by the famous Czech composer could be characterised. more

The bartered bride

Bedřich Smetana

Since the first production in Pilsen in 1869, The Bartered Bride has never disappeared for a longer period of time from the opera repertoire and is therefore very well known to our audience. Generations of Pilsen opera singers have matured in the roles in this opera. more