Press reviews
Czech Music Quarterly: Notes on the premiere of Thy Kingdom Come
4.7.2018
Alois Hába the VisionaryNotes on the premiere of Thy Kingdom ComeVlasta Reittererová We bring this text on the occasion of the world premiere of Thy Kingdom Come, an opera by Czech composer Alois Hába (1893–1973), composed using microtones (i.e. intervals smaller than those found on a piano), speci... View article
BACHTRACK: NODO MARCHES ON WITH DOUBLE BILL OF CÍGLER AND AYRES
30.7.2016
The third night of New Opera Days Ostrava was the lengthiest and most formal night of the festival, taking place in the Antonín Dvořák Theatre and consisting of a double bill of two hour-long operas. Petr Cíglers Protracted Sinuous Movement of a Longitudinal Object, a NODO commission, was presented ... View article
Bachtrack: NODO winds down with phenomenal Oresteia
2.7.2016
During the second scene of Oresteia, baritone Holger Falk vacillated wildly between his deep, low range and a higher falsetto, flinging his voice to the edges of human possibility in his portrayal of Kassandra who, in spurning the Greek god Apollo, has acquired the gift of fortune-telling simultaneo... View article
BACHTRACK: AMBITIOUS WORLD PREMIÈRE OF AT THE WATERS OF LETHE IN OSTRAVA
29.6.2016
The first night having taken place on the outskirts of town in the Coal Mine Bathrooms, I was curious as to where Id land on the second night of New Opera Days Ostrava. This time I found myself at Cooltour, a more conventional theater above a coffeeshop/bookstore complete with outdoor patio from whi... View article
BACHTRACK: AMBITIOUS WORLD PREMIÈRE OF AT THE WATERS OF LETHE IN OSTRAVA
29.6.2016
The first night having taken place on the outskirts of town in the Coal Mine Bathrooms, I was curious as to where Id land on the second night of New Opera Days Ostrava. This time I found myself at Cooltour, a more conventional theater above a coffeeshop/bookstore complete with outdoor patio from whi... View article
BBC Music Magazine: A Diamond In The Rough
6.6.2014
Elizabeth Davis visits a world-ranking contemporary music festival and discovers an unpolished gem in a city often overshadowed by its minig history. View article
Signal to Noise: Opera Days
22.9.2012
Over the last 12 years, the biennial Ostrava Days festival in the Czech Republic has built a reputation as a showcase for contemporary orchestral music in Europe. Under the guidance of founder, director and chief conductor Petr Kotik, the Os- travské centrum nové hudby (Ostrava Cen- ter for Ne... View article
