April’s concert programme in the Bethlehem Chapel includes a wide variety of musical works that will attract chamber music lovers and fans of instrumental concerts.  The first part of the concert will feature the Concerto for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra by the French composer Jean-Michel Jolivet. This will be followed by the Concertino for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra by the Italian composer Ferruccio Busoni, whose work is characterised by its delicate melodies and sophisticated instrumentation.

Robert Jindra presents

The Bethlehem Chapel

Robert Jindra, principal guest conductor of the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, will present Béla Bartók's one-act opera Bluebeard's Castle from 1911. German bass Günther Groissböck will play the role of Bluebeard, while Judith will be performed by Hungarian mezzo-soprano Szilvia Vörös.

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Bluebeard's Castle

Rudolfinum

Rusalka's loss of speech clearly reflects her fears of identification, exclusion and existence. Director Sven-Eric Bechtolf reflects these emotional and mental states in a surreal, unreal and oppressive world. The story of the renegade mermaid is told in haunting images between a snowy desert and barren woodland.

Rusalka

Vienna State Opera

The November concert by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Jindra, will present remarkable works of American and French music. Samuel Barber wrote Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 for the inauguration of the new organ at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. It will be performed at the Municipal House in Prague by the excellent organist Christian Schmitt.

Saint-Saëns “Organ”

Municipal House

Who doesn’t know the heart-breaking story of the young couple from Verona? Two people from feuding families who love each other so much that, after flouting tradition and their rigid family structures, they have the courage to pay for this outrage with death. Romeo and Juliet want to do more than just break the rules – they wish to love and to live freely. The version of William Shakespeare’s play, published in 1597, has been adapted many times for theatre, ballet, film, musicals and opera, including „Roméo et Juliette“ by Charles Gounod.

Roméo et Juliette

Semperoper Dresden

Who doesn’t know the heart-breaking story of the young couple from Mantua? Two people from feuding families who love each other so much that, after flouting tradition and their rigid family structures, they have the courage to pay for this outrage with death. Romeo and Juliet want to do more than just break the rules – they wish to love and to live freely. The version of William Shakespeare’s play, published in 1597, has been adapted many times for theatre, ballet, film, musicals and opera, including „Roméo et Juliette“ by Charles Gounod.

The speculations about whether Libuše is Bedřich Smetana’s most mature work within the context of his opera oeuvre, or even within the context of Czech opera in general, whether and how it can stand its ground as against the airiness of The Bartered Bride, the lyricism and absorptive power of Dvořák’s Rusalka, or the emotion and drama of Leoš Janáček’s operas, do not result in definitive conclusions – it will always depend on the angle from which Libuše and any other renowned Czech opera is viewed.

Libuše

National Theatre Prague

This December concert by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra brings together three solo instruments, male choir, and full orchestra in a programme that reveals different facets of musical Romanticism.

Brahm’s Rinaldo

Municipal house

Almost three centuries have passed since the English painter, satirist and “forefather of the cartoon” William Hogarth created a series of eight paintings (and later on engravings), tellingly titled A Rake’s Progress – the path, development, simply the life of a libertine. They capture the story of a young man who inherits an immense fortune and proceeds to squander it on luxurious living, gambling and prostitutes. It is not a trait exclusive to the 18th century that people indulging in such a lifestyle end up at a psychiatric hospital, called during Hogarth’s time (and until recently) an “asylum”.

The Rake’s Progress

The Estates Theatre

Although many in his homeland still consider Leoš Janáček a difficult modernist, all over the world he has long been esteemed as a truly singular classical genius. His opera Katya Kabanova, based on A. N. Ostrovsky’s drama The Storm, deeply impresses every perceptive viewer due to its immense emotionality, attesting to Janáček’s extraordinary empathy. The title heroine, with her dreamy, amorous and heart-wrenching states of mind, is placed in stark contrast with the savage behaviour of those around her. The desperate Katya ultimately finds the solution to her inner conflict between desire and social obligation in the water of the river Volga. The National Theatre in Prague first performed Janáček’s opera a year after its world premiere in Brno in November 1921.

Katya Kabanova

The monodramas focus on two women as they try to overcome life crises. Abandoned by her lover, the nameless heroine of Poulenc’s ‘tragédie lyrique’ is striving to free herself from her past. Seemingly calm and collected, she reveals her sorry state after a call from the unfaithful man. Glued to a telephone receiver for 40 minutes, she goes through different stages of a mental breakdown, only to give in to the old love. The unnamed woman in Schönberg’s monodrama is in an equally pitiful situation. Lost in a dark forest, she is searching for her lover. Eventually, she escapes the woods and finds her man, but their meeting is not what she expected.

La Voix humaine Another Silence Erwartung

Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera

The German composer Richard Strauss based Salome, one of his most celebrated operas, on Oscar Wilde’s eponymous tragedy. The first to portray the title role in the play was the famed French actress Sarah Bernhardt (her company gave four performances at the National Theatre in Prague), whose art also contributed to the popularity of other dramas  (Tosca and Madame Sans-Gêne), subsequently adapted as operas.

Robert Jindra

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 28, 2026

Libuše · Národní divadlo

Dec 14, 2026

Brahm’s Rinaldo · Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Jan 21 - Feb 9, 2027

The Rake’s Progress · Národní divadlo

Jan 31, 2027

Katya Kabanova · Národní divadlo

Mar 25 - Apr 4, 2027

La Voix humaine Another Silence Erwartung · Polish National Opera

Past events

Apr 30, 2026

Robert Jindra presents · Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mar 24, 2026

Bluebeard's Castle · Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Conductor in La voix humaine by Poulenc

Polish National Opera

Conductor in Erwartung by Schönberg

Polish National Opera

Conductor in Bluebeard's Castle by Bartók

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Toccata Festiva for Organ and Orchestra by Barber

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Rusalka by Dvořák

Wiener Staatsoper

Conductor in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod

Semperoper Dresden

Conductor in Salome by Strauss

Národní divadlo

Conductor in Rinaldo by Brahms

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Duett-Concertino by Strauss

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod

Semperoper Dresden

Conductor in Káťa Kabanová by Janáček

Národní divadlo

Conductor in Symphony No. 3 by Saint-Saëns

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Bassoon Concerto by Jolivet

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky

Národní divadlo

Conductor in Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano by Beethoven

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Piano Concerto by Massenet

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Concertino by Busoni

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Overture in G major by Cherubini

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor in Libuše by Smetana

Národní divadlo

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