Photo: Klára Stejskalová, Radio Prague International
The third part of our video series on Czech Music Greats is devoted to the work of one of the giants of Czech classical music Bedřich Smetana.
Bedřich Smetana, whom Czechs like to call ”the father of Czech music”, composed eight operas.
Internationally he is best known for his 1866 opera The Bartered Bride and for the symphonic cycle Má vlast (“My Fatherland”), which portrays the history, legends and landscape of the composer’s native Bohemia.
The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta) is a comic opera in three acts. Set in a country village, it tells the story of how true love prevails over the combined efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker.
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Authors: Lukáš Hurník, Barbora Navrátilová