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Director Philipp Stölzl makes his Royal Opera debut with this playfully surreal new production of Verdi's gripping, passionate opera based on a real historical royal assassination. 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Richard Jones directs an intimate, stripped-back staging of Janáček's classic score, adapted by Jakub Hrůša with traditional Czech folk melodies. Corinne Winters stars as the tragic Káťa in this Olivier Award-winning production. 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