List of operas by Smetana

This is a list of operas by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884). All premieres took place in Prague.

List

B^[1]	T^[2]	Title	Subdivisions	Libretto	Composition date	Première date	Theatre
124	90	BrandenburgersThe Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Braniboři v Čechách)	3 acts	SabinaKarel Sabina	1862–1863	1866-01-055 January 1866	Provisional
143	93	BarteredThe Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta, German: Die verkaufte Braut)	3 acts	SabinaKarel Sabina	1863–1866, revised 1869 and 1870	1866-05-3030 May 1866	Provisional
133	96	Dalibor	3 acts	WenzigJosef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervin Špindler)	1865–1867, revised 1870	1868-05-1616 May 1868	New Town
	109	TwoThe Two Widows (Dvě vdovy)	2 acts	ZüngelEmanuel Züngel, after Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille's play Les deux veuves	1873–1874, revised 1877	1874-03-2727 March 1874	Provisional
	115	KissThe Kiss (Hubička)	2 acts	KrasnohorskaEliška Krásnohorská, after the novel by Karolina Světlá	1875–1876	1876-11-077 November 1876	Provisional
	118	SecretThe Secret (Tajemství)	3 acts	KrasnohorskaEliška Krásnohorská	1877–1878	1878-09-1818 September 1878	New Czech
	107	Libuše	3 acts	WenzigJosef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervin Špindler)	1869–1872	1881-06-1111 June 1881	National
	129	DevilThe Devil's Wall (Čertova stěna)		KrasnohorskaEliška Krásnohorská	1879–1882	1882-10-2929 October 1882	New Czech
	133	Viola		KrasnohorskaEliška Krásnohorská, after Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night	1874, 1883–1884 (fragment)	1900-03-15 15 March 1900 (concert version), 11 May 1924 (staged)	National (1924)

References

Notes

↑ Numbers from the catalogue by František Bartoš.
↑ Numbers from the 1893 catalogue by Karel Teige.

Sources

Tyrrell, John (1992), 'Smetana, Bedřich' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

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