Opera in three acts Music by Dvorak Libretto by M. CERVINKOVA-RIEGROVA
(sung in the English translation by RODNEY BLUMER )
The Welsh National Opera production, direct from the New Theatre, Cardiff Cast:
Count Vilem of Harasov DAVID GWYNNE (bass)
Bohus of Harasov, his son
HENRY NEWMAN (baritone)
Adolf of Harasov. his nephew.PHILLIP JOLL (bar)
Julie. Bohus's wife
SUZANNE MURPHY (sopranoi
Filip. the steward
JULIAN MOYLE (baritone)
Jiri. the young forester
ARTHUR DAVIES (tenori
Benda. the schoolmaster and composer
EDWARD BYLES (tenon
Terinka, his daughter
HELEN FIELD (sopranoi
Lotinka, the housekeeper
HEATHER FRYER (mezzo-sop
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
CHORUS chorus-master JULIAN SMITH CHILDREN FROM ST TEILO 'S CHURCH OF WALES HIGH
SCHOOL
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by ALBERT ROSEN
The action takes place in 1793 in a Bohemian village.
Act 1: A village square