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Dalibor

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Opera in three acts Music by Smetana
Libretto by JOSEF WENZIG
Sung in the Czech translation by ERVIN SPINDLER
When Dalibor is put into prison under suspicion of revolutionary scheming, his lover Milada organises a party to release him But during the rescue attempt she is fatally wounded. CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE PRAGUE NATIONAL THEATRE conducted by JAROSLAV KROMBHOLC The action takes place in Prague in 1498.

Act 1 The courtyard of the castle
3.30* Smetana Today HANS KELLER talks about what Smetana's sharply defined creative character means to our ill-defined musical world.
3.40' Dalibor
Act 2
Sc 1 A street outside an inn; Sc 2 The jailer's room in the castle; Sc 3 Dalibor's cell in the tower

4.40* Interval Reading

4.45* Dalibor Act 3 Sc 1 The King's council chamber; Sc 2 Dalibor's cell; Sc 3 An open space before the castle

Contributors

Unknown:
Josef Wenzig
Translation By:
Ervin Spindler
Conducted By:
Jaroslav Krombholc
Unknown:
Hans Keller
Source: Radio Times

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