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- Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (1866)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
G. Schirmer controls the rights in the English translation by Marion Farquhar for this work but does not supply orchestral materials.
- Libretto by K. Sabina. English translations by Marion Farquhar and Tony Harrison.
- English
Programme Note
Cast List:
KRUŠINA, a farmer: Baritone
LUDMILA, his wife: Soprano
MAŘENKA, their daughter: Soprano
TOBIAŠ MICHA, a landowner: Bass
HATA, his wife: Mezzo-Soprano
VAŠEK, their son: Tenor
JENIK, a farmhand: Tenor
KECAL, village marriage broker: Bass
CIRCUS BARKER/MANAGER: Tenor
ESMERALDA, a gypsy girl: Soprano
"RED INDIAN": Bass
People of the Village, Circus Troupe, Children, etc.
Synopsis:
A comedy of wedding intrigue with a distinctly Czech flavour. Mařenka is in love with Jeník, but her parents have engaged Kecal, a marriage broker, to marry her off to the son of Tobias Micha, a wealthy landowner. This son turns out to be Vašek – a simpleton. When Kecal bribes Jeník to renounce his beloved, all seems to be lost for Mařenka ... until Jeník reveals that he is the long lost son of Micha from a previous marriage.
KRUŠINA, a farmer: Baritone
LUDMILA, his wife: Soprano
MAŘENKA, their daughter: Soprano
TOBIAŠ MICHA, a landowner: Bass
HATA, his wife: Mezzo-Soprano
VAŠEK, their son: Tenor
JENIK, a farmhand: Tenor
KECAL, village marriage broker: Bass
CIRCUS BARKER/MANAGER: Tenor
ESMERALDA, a gypsy girl: Soprano
"RED INDIAN": Bass
People of the Village, Circus Troupe, Children, etc.
Synopsis:
A comedy of wedding intrigue with a distinctly Czech flavour. Mařenka is in love with Jeník, but her parents have engaged Kecal, a marriage broker, to marry her off to the son of Tobias Micha, a wealthy landowner. This son turns out to be Vašek – a simpleton. When Kecal bribes Jeník to renounce his beloved, all seems to be lost for Mařenka ... until Jeník reveals that he is the long lost son of Micha from a previous marriage.