Czech Opera Highlights

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BEDRICH SMETANA: Prodaná nevesta / T he Bartered Bride |1| Proc bychom se netešili / Let us rejoice, let’s be merry 2:37 |2| Verné milování / Faithful love 2:24 |3| Znám jednu dívku / I know a girl 2:00 |4| Oh, jaký žal!...Ten lásky sen / Oh, what a grief!...That dream of love 6:04 ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Rusalka |5| Mesícku na nebi hlubokém / O, moon high up in the deep sky 5:07 |6| Ubohá R usalko bledá / Pitiful R usalka pallid 5:22 |7| Milácku, znáš mne, znáš? / D o you still know me, lover? 13:12 BEDRICH SMETANA: Branibori v Cechách / The Brandenburgers in Bohemia |8| Uhodila naše hodina / N ow at last came our time 3:35 Certova stena / The D evil’s Wall |9| Jen jediná mne ženy krásná tvár / Only one lovely woman’s beauty touched me 4:04 Hubicka / T he Kiss |10| Hlásej, ptácku, hlásej / A nnounce, little bird, announce 2:33 Libuše |11| Ó, vy lípy / O , ye lime-trees 3:45 Dve vdovy / The Two Widows |12| Samostatne vládnu já / I rule independently 4:02 ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Jakobín / Jacobin |13| My cizinou jsme bloudili / We have wandered in foreign lands 4:46 BEDRICH SMETANA: Hubicka / The Kiss |14| Hajej muj andílku – Letela belounká holubicka / Sleep now, my angel – A little snow white dove was flying 4:12* Dalibor |15| Zapírat nechci, nejsemt zvyklý lháti – K dyž Zdenek muj ve svatém nadšení / I won’t deny it, lies are not my province 2:56* Libuše |16| Bohové vecní tamo nad oblaky / Eternal gods 4:15 ANTONÍN DVORÁK: Jakobín / Jacobin |17| Zdráv bud, ó pane náš / H ail, hail, O , noble lord 6:45

With minor interpretational changes, we bring you the latest title in the successful series Czech Opera Highlights – The Best of Czech Opera. In the most famous arias (Song to the Moon, Our dream of love, Oh, you lindens and Prophecy from Libuše), duets (Faithful love, I know a maiden fair), choruses (Our time has come), you can recollect the beautiful voices of some of the finest singers in the National Theatre’s illustrious history. The unforgettable Beno Blachut as Dalibor, the legendary recording of Rusalka featuring Gabriela Benacková, Wieslaw Ochman and Richard Novák, the celebrated reopening of the National Theatre in 1983 with a performance of Libuše, or the no less famous recording of the Bartered Bride with Gabriela Benacková and Peter Dvorský in the lead roles.

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