Bedrich Smetana
The Pavel Haas Quartet live at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall on April 27, 2012. Melanie Burford for NPR hide caption
Vendulka (Pumeza Matshikiza) and Lucas (Peter Berger) are pledged to be married — but their quick tempers may put their love in jeopardy. Clive Barda/Wexford Opera Festival hide caption
The Kiss
Conductor Charles Mackerras, photographed in 1974, will be remembered for rebuilding the reputation of Czech composer Leos Janacek. Getty Images hide caption
Káta Kabanová, opera, JW 1/8 [Act 1. Vís, co mi napadlo?]
Pavla Vykopalova (right) and Pavel Cernoch play the lovers Marenka and Jenik in Smetana’s Bartered Bride, from the Prague National Opera. Hana Smejkalova hide caption