Culture
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New production brings communist-era dissident home theatre back to life
Two comedies written by dissident playwright Pavel Kohout in the 1970s with the intention of being performed in peoples’ homes are being revived by a Prague theatre.
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Czech composer, pianist and organist Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek
Czech composer Jan Voříšek's famous Symphony in D major combines his natural inclination to romanticism with a surprising flair for drama.
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Meet the mezzo-soprano who wants to contemporize classical music, Bella Adamova
In the second episode of the Faces of Czech Music, we meet Mezzo-soprano, improviser and lover of Dvořák, Bella Adamova.
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Lost and found: 1935 passion play music score preserved in family archive
The town of Hořice has a long tradition of passion plays maintained by the local inhabitants. One such family helped save and preserve a valuable music score from 1935.
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Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek's Symphony in D Major
The second part of our video series on Czech Music Greats looks at a lesser-known name in Czech classical music - Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek.
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Not dead? 45 years since “start of Czech punk”
The roots of punk rock music in Czechoslovakia are said to stretch back 45 years, to a concert by the alternative band Extempore.
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Anniversary of the week
February 19, 1924: Great Czech director František Vláčil is born
František Vláčil’s films Marketa Lazarová and The Valley of the Bees are considered masterpieces of Czech cinema.
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Centenary of musician Jiří Šlitr, co-founder of ground-breaking Semafor theatre
February 15 marks the centenary of the birth of the multi-talented Jiří Šlitr. With stage partner Jiri Suchý, Šlitr was a driving force in Prague’s Semafor theatre.
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Expert: District branding positive but Prague 10’s X “missed opportunity”
Prague 10 has just unveiled a new visual identity that works with various takes on the logo X, the Roman numeral for 10. But what is the value of such branding?
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New production of Smetana’s Dalibor finds inspiration in IRA man Bobby Sands
The National Theatre in Brno has prepared a new staging of his opera Dalibor. Its British director David Pountney found inspiration in IRA man Bobby Sands.
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AI recreates voice of Czech literary great Karel Čapek
Thanks to AI, visitors to Karel Čapek's memorial home can now hear his voice guiding them through his beloved summer residence.
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Peter Zusi on Karel Teige, teaching Czech literature – and a notable school band reunion
Peter Zusi, a London-based associate professor of Czech and Comparative Literature, discusses his book on Karel Teige, teaching Czech authors – and his teenage rock past.
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