Vanda (opera)

Antonín Dvořák
Operas Alfred (1870) King and Charcoal Burner (1874) The Stubborn Lovers (1874) Vanda (1875) The Cunning Peasant (1877) Dimitrij (1882) The Jacobin (1887) The Devil and Kate (1898) Rusalka (1901) Armida (1904)
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Vanda is a grand opera in five acts by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by Václav Beneš-Šumavský and František Zákrejs after a work by Julian Surzycki.

Performance history

The opera was first performed in Prague at the Provisional Theatre on 17 April 1876.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, 17 April 1876 (Conductor: Adolf Čech)
Vanda, the Polish queen	soprano	Marie Zofie Sittová
Bozena	mezzo-soprano	Ema Maislerová-Saková
Homena	contralto	Betty Fibichová
Lumir	baritone	Leopold Stropnicky
Roderik, a German prince	baritone	Josef Lev
Slavoj	tenor	Antonín Vávra
Velislav	tenor	Josef Smaha
Vserad	tenor	Josef Chrammosta
Vitomír	tenor	Ferdinand Koubek
Messenger	tenor	Jan Sára
Herald	tenor	Petr Doubravsky
High priest	bass	Karel Cech

Synopsis

The story is about the Polish queen who drowns herself in the Vistula in order to save her people from the German invaders.

References

Sources

• Amadeus Almanac, accessed 4 November 2008
• Smaczny, Jan, "Vanda", in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, (Ed. Stanley Sadie). London, 1992 ISBN 0-333-73432-7

External links

• "Vanda": Comprehensive overview of the opera on antonin-dvorak.cz

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