THE TWO WIDOWS

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THE TWO WIDOWS - Repetition Nov 15, 2022

Bedřich Smetana

Repetition Nov 15, 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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Jan 25, 2024

6.30 PM

Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Mar 6, 2024

6.30 PM

Antonín Dvořák Theatre

May 7, 2024

6.30 PM

Antonín Dvořák Theatre

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Národní divadlo moravskoslezské

Production 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

Cast at date: Nov 15, 2022

Conductor

Jiří Habart

Karolina, a widow

Soňa Godarská

Anežka, a widow

Lívia Obručník Vénosová

Ladislav Podhajský

Martin Šrejma

Mumlal, gamekeeper

František Zahradníček

Toník

Václav Čížek

Lidka

Karolína Levková

Priest

Petr Urbánek

Dates

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Date	Time	Stage	Type	Detail
Jun 7, 2022		Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Veřejná generální zkouška	show detail
Jun 9, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Premiere	show detail
Jun 11, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	2nd premiere	show detail
Jun 13, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Sep 14, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Sep 29, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Oct 25, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Nov 15, 2022	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Jan 22, 2023	3.00 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Feb 3, 2023	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Mar 1, 2023	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Mar 15, 2023	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Jan 25, 2024	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Feb 9, 2024	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Mar 6, 2024	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Mar 16, 2024	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
Apr 20, 2024	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail
May 7, 2024	6.30 PM	Antonín Dvořák Theatre	Repetition	show detail

Rehearsal gallery

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

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