In January, Prague will become the place, where leaders of today’s opera will meet: three world-class opera stage directors will be working in the Czech Republic at the same place and time. In addition, the National Theatre Opera and the State Opera prepared a “premiere festival” for this June. Also, our young spectators will have a number of educational programs to look forward to. The Musica non grata project will echo with Franz Schreker’s Distant sound (Der ferne Klang) and burst with Schulhoff’s Flames (Flammen). But lovers of the more traditional titles will not be left behind and will certainly be pleased by the new productions of Carmen and the Bartered Bride.