The Bartered Bride

ABOUT

The most popular Czech national opera and one of the best comic operas in the world repertoire returns to our stage after three years.
It was for the second time Bedřich Smetana and Karel Sabina created together, and they decided to work on a theme that proceeds from a village setting. Though the creative process culminating in opera was not easy, the joint work resulted in a piece abound in brilliant music, characterisation, and last but not least dazzling comedy.
Moreover, the opera, of course, is also fundamental as far as the history of our theatre is concerned—on 12 August 1919, the opera that was musically prepared by Emanuel Bastl and directed by Karel Kügler premiered on the stage of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre, by which the theatre operation was launched. Since then, the opera has been staged on our stage in thirteen more productions.

Cast and creatives

Musical preparation: Marek Šedivý

Conductor: Jiří Habart, Marek Šedivý

Stage director: Jiří Nekvasil

Set designer: Daniel Dvořák

Costume designer: Sylva Zimula Hanáková

Choreography: Lukas Zuschlag

Motion cooperation, Gagman: Števo Capko

Motion cooperation: Jana Tomsová

Chorus master: Jurij Galatenko

Dramaturg: Juraj Bajús

Krušina, sedlák: Roman Vlkovič

Ludmila, jeho žena: Eva Dřízgová-Jirušová

Mařenka, jejich dcera: Veronika Rovná

Mícha, gruntovník: Josef Škarka

Háta, jeho žena: Jana Hrochová

Vašek, jejich syn: Ondřej Koplík

Jeník, Míchův syn z prvního manželství: Martin Šrejma

and others