March 31|Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka premiered on this date in 1901. Listen to more about this classic Czech opera below.
April 1|April fool's! Be on the lookout for practical jokes and hoaxes, including in local media.
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On this date (March 27) in 1996, the Czech movie Kolya won the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film (now Best International Feature Film). It remains the Czech Republic's only film to win the award since the country split with Slovakia in 1993.
Directed by Jan Svěrák, Kolya tells the story of struggling Czech cellist who unexpectedly finds himself responsible for a five-year-old boy in communist-era Prague. The film can currently be streamed on HBO Max in the Czech Republic.
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Composer Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka, one of the most famous Czech operas and a standard at opera houses around the world, premiered on March 31, 1901.
The history and influence of the opera is discussed in Episode 77 of the Opera for Everyone podcast:
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Prague bakery Zrno Zrnko has recently launched a new lineup of cruffins: muffins baked with croissant dough. Two versions are either filled with pistachio cream and topped with raspberries or filled with sour cherries and topped with chocolate.