BOSTON — As I listen to the overture of Bedřich Smetana’s "The Bartered Bride" in preparation for my call with Boston Midsummer Opera music director and conductor Susan Davenny Wyner, I sense ...

BOSTON — As I listen to the overture of Bedřich Smetana’s "The Bartered Bride" in preparation for my call with Boston Midsummer Opera music director and conductor Susan Davenny Wyner, I sense ...

In the Czech Republic, there are five thriving orchestras in Prague alone. From a summer concert in Smetana Hall, the Prague Philharmonic plays the overture to Bedrich Smetana's opera "The Bartered ...

'The Bartered Bride'A young woman's love ultimately triumphs over her parents, her circumstances, and a wacky matchmaker. This is the Overture to the Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana, from a concert ...

Last year, Boston Midsummer Opera presented Otto Nicolai’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” which is based on the Shakespeare play. This year, the company’s ninth season, we’re getting another ...

Bedrich Smetana is one of the most beloved Czech composers -- two others are Antonin Dvorak and Leos Janacek -- and particularly admired for the orchestral cycle "Ma Vlast" ("My Country") and the ...

2 Video: RIDE THE CYCLONE at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant We haven't seen a lot of Smetana's The Bartered Bride in the UK recently. Bohemia's best-loved opera is rapidly becoming one of the ...

There is nothing highbrow about Smetana's opera "The Bartered Bride," a story of down-to-earth life and peasant high jinks, all of it sunny-side up. In concert format and with panache, the Auburn ...

Bedrich Smetana Edvard Grieg The Moldau Peer Gynt Suite Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor Libor Pesek Bedrich Smetana The Moldau Source of the Moldau Forest Hunt ...

The Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra Of New York. side 1: The Bartered Bride: Overture (beginning); side 2: The Bartered Bride: Overture (conclusion) (Columbia 19003-D). North, James N.. New York ...

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