US premiere of Smetana's Dalibor, activist Lenka Králová and Prague Pride, Simon Rawlence on Věněk Šilhán

29/07/2025 30 min
US premiere of Smetana's Dalibor, activist Lenka Králová and Prague Pride, Simon Rawlence on Věněk Šilhán

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Episode Synopsis

News; The US premiere of Smetana’s opera Dalibor is being staged at Bard College with all-American cast; Prague Pride is “more important than Christmas” for Czech transgender activist Lenka Králová; Simon Rawlence shares the story of his father-in-law Věněk Šilhán: from Communist Party secretary for a week, to a banished dissident and signatory of Charter 77.

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