List of operas by Bedřich Smetana
This is a list of operas by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884). All premieres took place in Prague.
List
[edit]| B[1] | T[2] | Title | Subdivisions | Libretto | Composition date | Première date | Theatre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | 90 | The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Braniboři v Čechách) | 3 acts | Karel Sabina | 1862–1863 | 5 January 1866 | Provisional |
| 143 | 93 | The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta; German: Die verkaufte Braut) | 3 acts | Karel Sabina | 1863–1866, revised 1869 and 1870 | 30 May 1866 | Provisional |
| 133 | 96 | Dalibor | 3 acts | Josef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervín Špindler) | 1865–1867, revised 1870 | 16 May 1868 | New Town |
| 107 | Libuše | 3 acts | Josef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervin Špindler) | 1869–1872 | 11 June 1881 | National | |
| 109 | The Two Widows (Dvě vdovy) | 2 acts | Emanuel Züngel, after Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille's play Les deux veuves | 1873–1874, revised 1877 | 27 March 1874 | Provisional | |
| 115 | The Kiss (Hubička) | 2 acts | Eliška Krásnohorská, after the novel by Karolina Světlá | 1875–1876 | 7 November 1876 | Provisional | |
| 118 | The Secret (Tajemství) | 3 acts | Eliška Krásnohorská | 1877–1878 | 18 September 1878 | New Czech Theatre | |
| 129 | The Devil's Wall (Čertova stěna) | Eliška Krásnohorská | 1879–1882 | 29 October 1882 | New Czech Theatre | ||
| 133 | Viola | Eliška Krásnohorská, after Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night | 1874, 1883–1884 (fragment) | 15 March 1900 (concert version), 11 May 1924 (staged) | National (1924) |
References
[edit]- Notes
- ^ Numbers from the catalogue by František Bartoš.
- ^ Numbers from the 1893 catalogue by Karel Teige.
- Sources
- Tyrrell, John (1992), 'Smetana, Bedřich' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
External links
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