The Bartered Bride discography
This list is a discography of The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nevěsta; German: Die verkaufte Braut) by Bedřich Smetana. The opera was first performed, in its original two-act format, at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866. After substantial revisions it was premiered in its extended three-act form at the Provisional Theatre on 25 September 1870.
The first complete recording of the opera was issued in 1933. Numerous recordings have since been made, in the original Czech language, in German and in English. The list includes both studio recordings and live performances, but not excerpts or highlights. "Year" refers to the year of the original recording; in the case of reissues, the Label and Catalogue No. generally relate to the most recent CD version. Unless stated otherwise, the language is Czech.
Audio
Year | Cast Mařenka, Jeník, Vašek, Kecal |
Conductor, Opera house/Orchestra |
Label |
---|---|---|---|
1933 | Ada Nordenová, Vladimír Tomš, Jaroslav Gleich, Emil Pollert |
Otakar Ostrčil, Prague National Theatre (First complete recording of the opera) |
His Master's Voice (re-released on Naxos), Cat. No. 8.110098-99 |
1937 | Hilda Burke, Mario Chamlee, George Rasely, Louis d'Angelo |
Wilfrid Pelletier, Metropolitan Opera (Performed in English) |
Bensar, Cat. No.OL 5837 |
1939 | Hilde Konetzni, Richard Tauber, Heinrich Tessmer, Fritz Krenn |
Thomas Beecham, Royal Opera House London Philharmonic Orchestra (Performed in German) |
Urania, Cat. No.URN22286 |
1947 | Ludmila Červinková, Beno Blachut, Rudolf Vonásek, Karel Kalaš, |
Karel Ančerl, Prague RSO Prague Radio Chorus |
Opera d'Oro, Cat. No. OPD1354 |
1949 | Elisabeta Shumilova, Georgi Nelepp, Anatole Orfenov, Nicolai Shchelgolkov |
Kiril Kondrashin, Bolshoi Theatre (Performed in Russian) |
Concert Hall, Cat. No. CHS1318 (LPs) |
1951 | Traute Richter, Sebastian Hauser, Ralf Peters, Kurt Böhme |
Hans Lenzer, Städische Oper Berlin (Performed in German) |
VOX OPX, Cat. No.148/1-2 (LPs) |
1952 | Milada Musilová, Ivo Žídek, Oldřich Kovář, Karel Kalaš, |
Jaroslav Vogel, Prague National Theatre |
Supraphon, Cat. No. SU 3980-2 |
1953 | Elfride Trötschel, Richard Hol, Willi Hofmann, Georg Stern |
Karl Elmendorff, Orchestra und Chor des Hessichen Rundfunks (Performed in German) |
Cantus Classics, Cat. No. 500675 |
1954 | Elfride Trötschel, Kurt Wolinsky, Willy Müller, Heinz Rehfuss |
Walter Goehr, Frankfurter Opernhaus (Performed in German) |
Gala, Cat. No. GL100810 |
1955 | Erna Berger, Rudolf Schock, Hanns-Heinz Nissen, Gottlob Frick |
Wilhelm Schüchter, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Chor des Landestheater Hannover (Performed in German) |
EMI, 5 74270 2 9 (reissued 2001) |
1956 | Vilma Bukovetz, Miro Banjnik, Janec Lipushek, Latko Koroshetz |
Dimitri Gebré, Slovenian National Opera |
Philips, Cat. No. ABL3179-81 (LPs) |
1959 | Drahomira Tikalová, Ivo Žídek, Oldřich Kovář, Eduard Haken, |
Zdeněk Chalabala, Prague National Theatre |
Supraphon, Cat. No. SU0040-2612 |
1962 | Pilar Lorengar, Fritz Wunderlich, Karl-Ernst Mercker, Gottlob Frick |
Rudolf Kempe, Bamberger Symphoniker RIAS Kammerchor (Performed in German) |
EMI, Cat. No. 81872 |
1962 | Anny Schlemm, Rolf Apeck, Harald Neukirch, Theo Adam |
Otmer Suitner, Dresdner Staatsoper (Performed in German) |
Berlin Classics, Cat. No. 0020402 |
1975 | Teresa Stratas, René Kollo, Heinz Zednik, Walter Berry |
Jaroslav Krombholc, Münchner Rundfunkorchester Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (Performed in German) |
RCA, Cat. No. 74321 40576-2 |
1978 | Teresa Stratas, Nicolai Gedda, Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela |
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Performed in English) |
Bensar, Cat. No. OL12278 |
1982 | Gabriela Beňačková, Peter Dvorský, Miroslav Kopp, Richard Novák |
Zdeněk Košler, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
Supraphon, Cat. No. SU3703-2 |
1999 | Oksana Krovytska, Miroslav Dvorský, John Cogram, Jiří Sulženko |
Zdeněk Mácal, Opéra de Nancy |
Celestial Audio, Cat. No. CA003 |
2004 | Susan Gritton, Paul Charles Clarke, Timothy Robinson, Peter Rose |
Charles Mackerras, Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (Performed in English) |
Chandos, Cat. No. CHAN3128 |
2008 | Christiane Oelze, Aleš Briscein, Christoph Homberger, Franz Hawlata, |
Jiří Bělohlávek, L'Opéra National de Paris |
Premiere Opera, Cat. No. CDNO3162-2 |
Video
Year | Cast: Mařenka, Jeník, Vašek, Kecal |
Conductor, Opera house/Orchestra |
Label |
---|---|---|---|
1932 | Jarmila Novotná, Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Paul Kemp, Otto Wernicke, |
Theo Mackeben, Unknown (Performed in German) |
Bel Canto Society, VHS: Cat. No. BCS#671 DVD: Triad Productions Corp., 2008 (Max Ophüls film)[1] |
1957 | Elsie Morison, Victor Franklin, Raymond Macdonald, Keith Nelson, |
Clive Douglas, Victoria Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Singers (Performed in English) |
Premiere Opera, Cat. No. DVD6241 |
1978 | Teresa Stratas, Nicolai Gedda, Jon Vickers, Martti Talvela |
James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera (Production by John Dexter; performed in English) |
The Metropolitan Opera Cat. No. 811357013342[2] |
1982 | Gabriela Beňačková, Peter Dvorský, Miroslav Kapp, Richard Novák |
Zdeněk Košler, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus |
Supraphon, Cat. No. DVD SU7011-9 |
1982 | Lucia Popp, Siegfried Jerusalem, Heinz Zednik, Karl Ridderbusch |
Ádám Fischer, Wiener Staatsoper (Performed in German) |
Deutsche Grammophon, DVD: Cat. No. DG001005109 |
1998 | Soile Isokoski, Jorma Silvasti, Ian Bostridge, Franz Hawlata |
Bernard Haitink, Royal Opera House |
Royal Opera, DVD: Cat. No. DVD438 |
References
- Notes
- ↑ The Bartered Bride (film) on imdb.com Retrieved 17 January 2010
- ↑ 2010 Met DVD of the 21 November 1978 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
- Sources
- "Gramophone Archive". The Gramophone. Retrieved 15 July 2009. (subscription required)
- Greenfield, Edward (2003). "Beecham collection - Smetana: The Bartered Bride". ArchivMusic.com. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
- Gruber, Paul (ed.) (1993). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03444-5.
- Krombholc, Jaroslav (conductor) (1996). Die verkaufte Braut (CD). Munich: BMG/RCA.
- March, Ivan (ed.) (1993). The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Disc. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-046957-5.
- "Opera News archive". OperaNewsOnline. Retrieved 15 July 2009. (subscription required)
- Roberts, David (ed.) (2005). The Classical Good CD & DVD Guide 2006. London: Haymarket. ISBN 0-86024-972-7.