2/5. A Lighter, More Accessible Approach to Opera From the late 1860s onwards Dvorak almost always had some sort of operatic project in hand. With 11 operas to his credit, he was the most prolific operatic composer of the Czech national revival and, after Smetana, its most admired. Donald Macleod shows how Dvorak took a lighter, more accessible approach to opera. The Stubborn Lovers (excerpts)
Zdena Kloubova (soprano), Jana Sykorova (contralto), Jaroslav Brezina (tenor), Roman
Janal (baritone), Gustav Belacek (bass), Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Philharmonia, conductor Jiri Belohlavek
The Golden Spinning Wheel Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Vanda (excerpts) Olga Romanko (soprano), Peter Straka (tenor), Pavel Daniluk (bass), West German RSO, conductor Gerd Albrecht
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