' Bedrich Smetana was one of music's great originals. His works for the stage were like a blast of fresh air blowing though the musty, formula-ridden world of mid-19th-century opera.'
A comment by Rodney Milncs , who in this programme illustrates the vigour and sensuousness of Smetana's musical language with excerpts on record from The Bartered Bride, Dalibor, The Two Widows, The Kiss and The Secret. (Smetana's
The Kiss: 7 February)