Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884): The Bartered Bride, Comic Opera in 3 Acts.
Taken thereout: First Act, Finale: Polka.
Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Recorded in June 1987
at the Concert Hall of the Slovak Philharmonic
at Bratislava
Released at NAXOS.
Order that CD here: [ Ссылка ]
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Also, here is a DVD with the full opera (155 min. playing time), recorded live in 1982 at the Vienna State Opera.
The libretto used is the German version by Max Kalbeck.
Adam Fischer, conductor
Otto Schenk, stage-director
Voices: Lucia Popp, Siegfried Jerusalem, Karl Ridderbusch, Heinz Zednik, Alfred Sramek, and others.
[ Ссылка ]
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Finally, here is, also on YouTube, a very beautiful performance of the The Bartered Bride, in original Czech (along with English subtitles), with the most magnificent Soile Isokoski as Marenka and Jorma Silvasti as Jenki, of the year 1998 from Sadler's Wells Theatre, London.
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House
Bernard Haitink, conductor
Francesca Zambello, stage-director
[ Ссылка ]
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