The Secret (opera)

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Operas by Bedřich Smetana

Brandenburgers in Bohemia (1863)
The Bartered Bride (1866)
Dalibor (1868)
Libuše (1872)
The Two Widows (1874)
The Kiss (1876)
The Secret (1878)
The Devil's Wall (1882)
Viola (1884)

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The Secret (Czech: Tajemství) is a comic opera in three acts by Bedřich Smetana. The libretto was written by Eliška Krásnohorská. The premiere took place September 18, 1878 at the New Czech Theatre in Prague.

[edit] Roles

  • Blaženka (soprano)
  • Bonifác (bass)
  • Duch Frátera Barnabáše (bass)
  • Hospodská (soprano)
  • Jirka (tenor)
  • Kalina (baritone)
  • Malina (bass)
  • Mistr Zednický (baritone)
  • Panna Roza (contralto)
  • Skřivánek (tenor)
  • Vít (tenor)

[edit] Discography

  • 1982, Zdeněk Košler (conductor), Prague National Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Jaroslav Horáček, Václav Zítek, Věra Soukupová, Daniela Šounová, Leo Marian Vodička, Karel Průša, Oldřich Spisar, Bohuslav Maršík, Eva Hlobilová, Alfréd Hampel, Pavel Horáček