The bartered bride
Bedřich Smetana
The bartered bride
Since the first production in Pilsen in 1869, The Bartered Bride has never disappeared for a longer period of time from the opera repertoire and is therefore very well known to our audience. Generations of Pilsen opera singers have matured in the roles in this opera.
Smetana wrote it after his debut work, the historical opera Brandenburgers in Bohemia, as an opera from a rural setting. Although The Bartered Bride is conceived as a comic opera, its main plot is very serious: after the birth of their children, the parents agree on their future marriage. Only Jeník's trick and cleverness will contribute to the successful end of the opera, when he gets his beloved Mařenka and when ‘a good cause has succeeded and faithful love has won’.
Creators
- Musical arrangement:
- Jiří Štrunc
- Conductors:
- Jiří Petrdlík / Jiří Štrunc
- Directed by:
- Tomáš Ondřej Pilař
- Stage Design:
- Lukáš Kuchinka, Tomáš Ondřej Pilař
- Costume:
- Lenka Polášková
- Light Design:
- Antonín Pfleger
- Script Editor:
- Zbyněk Brabec
- Choreography:
- Martin Šinták
- Choirmaster:
- Jakub Zicha
- Assistant director:
- Jakub Hliněnský
- Musical preparation:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Prompter:
- Viktorie Šimůnková
- Stage manager:
- Petra Kuldová Tolašová
Prersons and actors
- Krušina, sedlák:
- Dalibor Tolaš
- Ludmila, jeho žena:
- Ivana Šaková
- Mařenka, jejich dcera:
- Ivana Veberová
- Barbora Krušinová:
- Monika Švábová / Šárka Korunková
- Mícha, gruntovník:
- Jan Hnyk / Aleš Hendrych
- Háta, jeho žena:
- Jana Foff Tetourová / Jana Piorecká
- Vašek, jejich syn:
- Tomáš Kořínek
- Jeník, Míchův syn z prvního manželství:
- Richard Samek / Josef Moravec
- Kecal, vesnický dohazovač:
- Jevhen Šokalo
- Principál komediantů:
- Jan Ježek
- Esmeralda, komediantka:
- Radka Sehnoutková
- Indián, komediant:
- Rostislav Florian / Miro Bartoš
- Sbor a Orchestr opery DJKT, Kajetán - Dětský sbor opery DJKT, Balet DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Martina Root
Premiere on 9 August 2020 at the Grand Theatre
Reviews
Premiéra Prodané nevěsty zahájila již 9. srpna novou divadelní sezónu v Plzni
„Dobrá věc se podařila, věrná láska zvítězila – slovy Karla Sabiny ze závěru díla lze charakterizovat v resumé úspěšný vstup plzeňské opery do nové sezóny.“ more
Jiří Fuchs, Klasika Plus, 11. srpna 2020
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