‘The Three Pintos’ at Prague State Opera

Not pure Mahler nor Weber, this modern take on their German comic opera retains its charm in director Jiří Nekvasil’s capable hands

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Guest Writer | 15.01.2012

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Jana Sibera (Clarissa) and Jana Horáková Levicová (Laura) in a scene from ‘The Three Pintos’

For a light comedy, Die drei Pintos (The Three Pintos) poses some formidable challenges. The story is set in 17^th-century Spain but played out to German Romantic music of the 19^th century. The score is a hybrid patchwork, started by Carl Maria von Weber in 1821 and completed by Gustav Mahler in 1887. And the central plot point – a nutshell game of shifting identities – is an invitation to confusion.

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