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)

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 at the Provisional Theatre in Prague on 17 April 1876.

Roles

Synopsis

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

Recordings

• 2004: Olga Romanenko (Vanda), Valentin Prolat (Slavoj), Ivan Kusnjer (Roderich), Jolana Fogašová (Božena), Oleg Korotkov (Pagan high priest), Roman Janál (Lumír), Yvona Skvárová (Homena); Gerd Albrecht, conductor; National Theatre (Prague)

References

• Amadeus Almanac, accessed 24 March 2015
• Smaczny, Jan, "Vanda", in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, (Ed. Stanley Sadie). London, 1992 ISBN 0-333-73432-7

External links

• Vanda, comprehensive details at antonin-dvorak.cz

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