Name: Prodaná nevěsta
Start: 2024-08-30T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Špilberk Castle

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Janáček Opera Ensemble

Orchestra Of The National Theatre Brno

Conductor

Jakub Klecker

Stage director

Ondřej Havelka

Set designer

Alexandra Grusková

Costume designer

Chorus master

Josef Pančík

Choreographer

Jana Hanušová

Dramaturge

Patricie Částková

Singer

Baritone

Jakub Tolaš

Krusina

Soprano

Daniela Straková-Šedrlová

Ludmila

Jitka Zerhauová

Pavla Vykopalová

Marenka

Jana Šrejma Kačírková

Bass

David Nykl

Micha

Mezzo-soprano

Václava Krejčí Housková

Hata

Jana Hrochová

Tenor

Vít Nosek

Vasek

Ondřej Koplík

Aleš Briscein

Jenik

Richard Samek

Peter Berger

Jiří Sulženko

Kecal

Jan Šťáva

Martin Zbrožek

Principal of comedians

Zdeněk Šmukař

Zdislava Bočková

Esmeralda

Tereza Merklová Kyzlinková

Andrea Široká

Marta Reichelová

Czech

Prodaná nevěsta -  (The Bartered Bride)

Brno

Czech Republic

Špilberk Castle

Public

Private

The Bartered Bride

Keerthi Raj

German

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Chorus Director

Composer

Dancer

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

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Contralto

Bass-baritone

Countertenor

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

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Prodaná nevěsta Smetana

Staged in the Czech original with Czech, English and German subtitles. The performance lasts about 2 hours 50 minutes, including interval.

After the successful premiere of Smetana’s first opera, a drama called The Brandenburgers in Bohemia, he decided to compose a contrasting comic work that was truly rooted in Czech tradition. Together with the writer Karel Sabina, they chose a rural theme with realistic characters and the opera premiered in Prague in 1866. The story takes place in a small Bohemian village where two young lovers live, Mařenka and Jeník. However Mařenka’s parents, along with the marriage broker, want her to marry the son of the rich landowner, Mícha, to whom her father owes a debt. With both Mařenka and Jeník disguising their identities, whilst comically deceiving several characters, true love prevails and the happy couple are united.

As a musical picture of Czech life, The Bartered Bride has become arguably the most popular Czech opera of all time and is a mainstay in opera houses around the world. Smetana’s operas established him as a founding father of Czech, classical music. In The Bartered Bride he uses traditional Bohemian dance forms such as the polka and furiant making the work quintessentially Czech in spirit. Smetana’s light-hearted masterpiece provokes not only national pride when played in its homeland, but also strikes the same inspirational chords when played abroad. The Bartered Bride promises a delightful evening full of fun and entertainment for the whole family.

Ondřej Havelka’s production has from its premiere been among audiences’ favourite titles from our repertoire. Havelka himself says of it: “The basic principle of the production is not at all extravagant, as I will admit that I am not at all a fan of drastic updating and transferring of classical works to the present. However it certainly is not about the usual, what we might call ‘overly folksy’, cliché, which directors sometimes fall into from fear of staining the sanctity of the most important Czech national opera. My aim is to create a performance which will be lively, colourful and most of all entertaining musical theatre – after all we are talking about a comic opera.”

Nach der erfolgreichen Premiere seiner ersten Oper Die Brandenburger in Böhmen beschloss Smetana, eine wahrhaft nationale Oper zu komponieren. Zusammen mit dem Schriftsteller Karel Sabina wählte er ein ländliches Thema, basierend auf Sabinas humoristischem Roman Věčný ženich (Der ewige Bräutigam). Die Geschichte spielt in einem böhmischen Dorf, in dem Jeník und Mařenka leben, zwei junge Menschen, die einander lieben. Mařenka soll jedoch einen reichen Bauernsohn heiraten, bei dessen Vater Mícha ihr Vater in Verschuldung geraten war. Die Inszenierung des Regisseurs Ondřej Havelka gehört seit der Premiere zu den beliebtesten Titeln unseres Repertoires. Havelka sagt darüber: „Das Grundprinzip der Inszenierung ist keineswegs extravagant, weil ich zugeben muss, dass ich kein großer Freund von gewaltsamen Aktualisierungen und Verlegungen der klassischen Werke in die Gegenwart bin. Sicherlich ist sie jedoch nicht das übliche, sagen wir, „Spitzenhauben-Klischee“, das die Inszenatoren häufig in der Angst aufgreifen, um nur nicht die traditionelle Heiligkeit der wichtigsten tschechischen Nationaloper zu beflecken. Meine Absicht war eine Vorstellung zu schaffen, die ein lebendiges, buntes und vor allem unterhaltsames Musiktheater darstellt; es handelt sich doch schließlich um eine komische Oper.“

Deutsch

Děj nás zavádí do vesnice, kde žijí Jeník a Mařenka, dva mladí lidé, kteří se mají rádi. Mařenka se však má provdat za syna bohatého sedláka Míchy, u něhož se její otec zadlužil. Mladá dívka se ale nehodlá jen tak vzdát své lásky a svatbu s vybraným ženichem odmítá. To Jeník na to jde chytře a využije dohazovače Kecala. Jenže si s Mařenkou neřeknou o svých plánech a celé se to trochu zamotá…  Ondřej Havelka vytvořil mistrně rozehrané hudební divadlo, které vychází sice z krásných lidových tradic, ale zároveň našel osobitý pohled na celou operu. Ta se odehrává nikoliv, jak je běžně zvykem, v létě během dožínek, ale v době masopustu čili jak se u nás na Moravě říká fašanku! Takže se můžete těšit nejen na komedianty ve 3. dějství, ale i na řadu pravých moravských fašankových maškar.

čeština

The Bartered Bride by Smetana, From (2024/2025), Directed by Ondřej Havelka,, Conductor Jakub Klecker, Špilberk Castle, Brno, Czech Republic

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