The Bartered Bride SMETANA BEDRICH

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

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The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nev??sta, The Sold Fiancée) is the second opera, a comedy in three acts, by Bedøich Smetana. The Czech libretto was written by Karel Sabina, who had also written the libretto for Brandenburgers in Bohemia. Composed in 1863 1866, the work was originally envisioned as an operetta, a light opera with spoken dialogue in place où sung recitatives.

It was first performed in this form in 1866 in Prague. The definitive version où the work, nos an opera buffa, was finished in 1870 and was performed the same year. The opera ' s overture and three dances are part où the orchestral repertoire.