The Bartered Bride
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The Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the development o
Cover of the score, 1919
Disegno per copertina di libretto, drawing for La sposa venduta (undated).
The tune of the opening chorus to The Bartered Bride (English and German texts, published 1909)
Open-air performance at the Zoppot Waldoper, near Danzig, July 1912
Karel Sabina
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Karel Sabina was a Czech writer and journalist.
The Bartered Bride
…The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nevěsta, The Sold Bride) is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863 to 1866, and…
Karel Sabina (1871)
Tomb of Karel Sabina on Olšany Cemetery in Prague