Organization

Conductor

Dušan Štefánek

Ondrej Olos

Stage director

Pavel Mikuláštík

Set designer

Frank Chamier

Costume designer

Jana Hurtigová

Chorus master

Pavel Procházka

Singer

Soprano

Eva Hornyáková

Marenka

Mária Porubčinová

Tenor

Tomáš Juhás

Jenik

Ludovit Ludha

Pavol Brslik

Bass

Jozef Benci

Kecal

Ján Galla

Gustáv Beláček

Baritone

Ján Ďurčo

Krusina

Eva Šeniglová

Ludmila

František Ďuriač

Stir

Mezzo-soprano

Denisa Šlepkovská

Hata

Ivan Ožvát

Vasek

Ondrej Šaling

Igor Pasek

Principal of comedians

Miriam Maťašová

Esmeralda

Katarína Polakovičová

Juraj Peter

Indian

Martin Ešek

Slovak National Theatre

Prodaná nevěsta -  (The Bartered Bride)

Bratislava

Slovakia

Slovak National Theatre Historical Building

Prodaná nevěsta Smetana

Public

The Bartered Bride

Approved

On one occasion, Bedřich Smetana described his The Bartered Bride as a toy, which meant her lighter, comedic genre, which, in addition to large and serious authorial projects, he perceived as a kind of compositional distraction. Along with comedic poetics, the idea of ​​a national musical theater based on folk traditions also entered into this work. The composer needed four versions to create a specific Czech opera comedy from folk comedy. Of course, when writing this work, the author also took into account the national mission of the opera, which also played a political role during the national revival, but today we perceive this gem of Czech opera literature as a unique combination of typically Czech comedian with rural color with the original musical language of an exceptional composer.

English

The Bartered Bride by Smetana, From (2009/2009), Directed by Pavel Mikuláštík,, Conductor Dušan Štefánek, Ondrej Olos, Slovak National Theatre Historical Building, Bratislava, Slovakia

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Program, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues