OPERA
THE TWO WIDOWS
Bedřich Smetana
Premiere Jun 9, 2022, 6.30 PM
Antonín Dvořák Theatre
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THE TWO WIDOWS

Bedřich Smetana

Premiere Jun 9, 2022, 6.30 PM - Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Comic opera in two acts from 1874

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Libretto by Emanuel František Züngel (1840–1894)
inspired by the one-act comedy Les deux veuves from 1860 by Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille (1813–1868)
Musical preparation Marek Šedivý
Stage director Rocc

When the festive tableau Libuše was finished, Bedřich Smetana decided to create a new opera based on a French drama he had seen in the Prague Provisional Theatre. It was translated by Emanuel Züngel, who accepted the offer to rewrite the one-act comedy into an operatic libretto whose plot takes place in Czechia instead of France, as requested by the composer. With his Two Widows—and despite being questioned at those times—Smetana opens another unique, musical, and dramatic universe that gives a birth to a conversational salon opera based on the genre of opéra-comique, in which a plot usually takes place in a salon of a country farmhouse and the humour is based on situational comedy. As Václav Holzknecht stipulates in his book Bedřich Smetana, "The Two Widows is a work of immersive creative grace, a relaxed and unrestrained delight in evoking a world of people of refined manners, fine culture, and kindly atmosphere in a flourishing countryside; it is a relief from life's sorrows and an escape from everyday dullness, some kind of summer fairy tale with a good end."

Performed in Czech with English subtitles.

Premieres on 9 and 11 June 2022 at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre


The production is prepared to be staged as a part of the cycle devoted to operas by Smetana—Smetana Opera Cycle Ostrava 2024.

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Národní divadlo moravskoslezské
logoProduction team
Musical preparation
Marek Šedivý
Conductor
Jiří Habart
Marek Šedivý
Stage director
Rocc
Set designer
Rocc
Costume designer
Belinda Radulović
Motion cooperation
Anna Knollová
Chorus master
Jurij Galatenko
Dramaturg
Juraj Bajús
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Date Time Stage Type Detail Tickets
Jun 7, 2022Antonín Dvořák TheatreVeřejná generální zkouškashow detail
Jun 9, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatrePremiereshow detail
Jun 11, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák Theatre2nd premiereshow detail
Jun 13, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Sep 14, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Sep 29, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Oct 25, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Nov 15, 20226.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Jan 22, 20233.00 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Feb 3, 20236.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Mar 1, 20236.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Mar 15, 20236.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Jan 25, 20246.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Feb 9, 20246.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Mar 6, 20246.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Mar 16, 20246.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
Apr 20, 20246.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
May 7, 20246.30 PMAntonín Dvořák TheatreRepetitionshow detail
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Lívia Obručník Vénosová (Anežka, a widow), Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Karolína Levková (Lidka), Rudolf Medňanský (Toník)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow), Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper), Lívia Obručník Vénosová (Anežka, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper), Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow), Lívia Obručník Vénosová (Anežka, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Martin Šrejma (Ladislav Podhajský), Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow), Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper), Lívia Obručník Vénosová (Anežka, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Veronika Rovná (Anežka, a widow), Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Veronika Rovná (Anežka, a widow), Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow), Veronika Rovná (Anežka, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow), Martin Šrejma (Ladislav Podhajský)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Václav Čížek (Toník), Ivana Ambrúsová (Lidka), Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Veronika Rovná (Anežka, a widow), Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper), Václav Čížek (Toník), Martin Šrejma (Ladislav Podhajský), Ivana Ambrúsová (Lidka), Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Veronika Rovná (Anežka, a widow), Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Václav Čížek (Toník), Petr Urbánek (Priest), Ivana Ambrúsová (Lidka), Lada Bočková (Karolina, a widow), Veronika Rovná (Anežka, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow), Lívia Obručník Vénosová (Anežka, a widow), Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper), Martin Šrejma (Ladislav Podhajský)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
Martin Gurbaľ (Mumlal, gamekeeper), Soňa Godarská (Karolina, a widow)
Photo by: Martin Popelář
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