Out of the archives and onto the stage: Martinu's 'Greek Passion' revived

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 01:49:25 +0200Out of the archives and onto the stage: Martinu's 'Greek Passion' revivedhttps://english.radio.cz/out-archives-and-stage-martinus-greek-passion-revived-8095322© 2026 Radio Prague International In Brno's National Theatre last week 'the halls were alive' with the sound of Britain's Royal Opera. Under the direction of David Pountney, and the baton of Christian von Gehren, members of the Royal Opera were in the Czech Republic's second city to perform the lesser-known first version of Bohuslav Martinu's 'Greek Passion'. Some 48 years after its completion, this was its Czech premiere. Rosie Johnston explains exactly what took so long... encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Out of the archives and onto the stage: Martinu's 'Greek Passion' revived https://english.radio.cz/out-archives-and-stage-martinus-greek-passion-revived-8095322 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9