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Natchez Democrat
Popular opera Don Giovanni to entertain at Natchez Festival of Music
Natchez Democrat
In Prague, one can catch a performance of the opera “Don Giovanni” every single day. “Literally it's the most performed opera in the world,” Natchez Festival of Music Artistic Director Jay Dean said. The opera tells the story of the karmic revenge of ...


 
Wall Street Journal
Prelude to a Movement
Wall Street Journal
By JS MARCUS The Pavel Haas Quartet, an ensemble of young Prague musicians, found their initial inspiration in the harsh, rousing sounds of the 20th century. Named in honor of Pavel Haas, the Jewish-Czech composer who died at Auschwitz, ...


 
Czech mates for charity
This is Cornwall
Joining the Czech musicians on the recording is Catriona German, who utilises skills gained in singing with the UK's major opera companies and world-famous conductors and orchestras in order to provide a uniquely beautiful interpretation of Il Tramonto ...


 
Czech Republic Has Its Answer to the Beverly Hills Star Tour
Wall Street Journal
By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH And SEAN CARNEY PRAGUE—As the tour bus rolled to a stop across from a modern, concrete-and-glass house here, guide Justin Svoboda told his group: "This one's very interesting." Not the architecture so much, but the occupant, Czech ...


 
Old-school routes into medicine
The Independent
The Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, was founded in 1364 and is Central Europe's second oldest university (Prague's was founded in 1348); Lithuania's University of Vilnius has been educating students since 1579, and Semmelweis University in ...


 
Czech Position
Does Minister Kalousek care about conductor Bělohlávek?
Czech Position
Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek is to swap London and the BBC Symphony Orchestra for Prague and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Will he? COMMENTARY by Pavel Pokorný / Czech Position earlier this month reported on the incomprehensible withholding by the ...


 
New York Times (blog)
This Prague Spring Features Music
New York Times (blog)
By JULIE O'SHEA With a rousing program of local and international music acts, Prague Spring kicks off on Saturday, offering a tantalizing prelude to the Czech capital's packed summer festival season. This year's set list is long and impressive, ...
Music preview: Prague SpringPrague Post

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