The conductor takes time out in Berlin to talk through his first performance of Janacek’s comic opera with its leading singer Peter Hoare.
In true Broucek fashion, they have a beer and bratwurst. The beer, we hear, was 0% alc. The brat, at least, was non-vegan.
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