Organization

Singer

Monika Švábová

Barbora Krusinnova

Zdenka Jarošová

Music Director

Jiří Štrunc

Assistant Director

Jakub Hliněnský

Soprano

Ivana Veberová

Marenka

Tenor

Amir Khan

Jenik

Bass

Jevhen Shokalo

Kecal

Tomáš Kořínek

Vasek

Baritone

Dalibor Tolaš

Krusina

Ivana Šaková

Ludmila

Jan Hnyk

Micha

Mezzo-soprano

Jana Piorecká

Hata

Jana Foff Tetourová

Jan Ježek

Principal of comedians

Radka Sehnoutková

Esmeralda

Rostislav Florian

Indian

Barbora Krušinová

Stage director

Tomáš Pilař

Conductor

Jiří Petrdlík

Lighting designer

Antonín Pfleger

Costume designer

Lenka Polášková

Set designer

Lukáš Kuchinka

Choreographer

Martin Šinták

Dramaturge

Zbyněk Brabec

Chorus master

Jakub Zicha

J K Tyl Theatre

Others

Children's choir DJKT

Orchestra

DJKT Opera Choir and Orchestra

DJKT Children's Choir

Ballet

Ballet DJKT

Prodaná nevěsta -  (The Bartered Bride)

Pilsen

Czech Republic

Velké divadlo

Prodaná nevěsta Smetana

Public

The Bartered Bride

Approved

Smetana's The Bartered Bride was created after the composer's first work - the historical opera Brandenburg in Bohemia. It was not created easily, Smetana sought its definitive form gradually in several versions, in which he replaced the spoken dialogues of the recitative, expanded the original two acts to three, added dances and some other musical numbers. He created a work that has founding significance in the Czech National Opera. It is a work loved by generations of opera spectators, a work that accompanied the Czech nation in times of good and evil, a work that has found its place in the repertoire of foreign opera stages. Generations of Czech opera singers have matured in the roles in The Bartered Bride. Although the opera is described as comic, its plot is serious: parents agree on their future marriage after the birth of their children. Only Jeník's cleverness and fearlessness will contribute to the successful end of the opera, in which "a good thing has succeeded and faithful love has won." Premiere on June 7, 2014 at the Bolshoi Theater.

Bedřich Smetana planted his most famous opera in the Pilsen region as a memory of his youth, and our stage processing will transport us to these places during the time when the master studied here, wandered in nature and experienced first loves. The stage will therefore be filled with authentic costumes, an adult and children's choir, a large ballet dancing regional folk dances and, of course, soloists - exclusively Pilsen - led by Thalia Award winner Ivana Veberová as Mařenka and our domestic soloist Amir Khan as Jeník.

The new production of The Bartered Bride will be musically staged by conductor Jiří Štrunc and directed by Tomáš Ondřej Pilař, who will say goodbye to this ensemble at the head of the Pilsen Opera after six years.

This production will be the first performance by which the theater will start operating after the coronavirus epidemic and will be a thank you to our spectators who stayed with us despite this difficult period.

English

The Bartered Bride by Smetana, From (2021/2022), Directed by Tomáš Pilař, Jakub Hliněnský,, Conductor Jiří Štrunc, Jiří Petrdlík, Velké divadlo, Pilsen, Czech Republic

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