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The Bartered Bride discography

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This list is a discography of The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nevěsta; German: Die verkaufte Braut) by Bedřich Smetana. The opera was first performed, in its original two-act format, at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866. After substantial revisions it was premiered in its extended three-act form at the Provisional Theatre on 25 September 1870.

The first complete recording of the opera was issued in 1933. Numerous recordings have since been made, in the original Czech language, in German and in English. The list includes both studio recordings and live performances, but not excerpts or highlights. "Year" refers to the year of the original recording; in the case of reissues, the Label and Catalogue No. generally relate to the most recent CD version. Unless stated otherwise, the language is Czech.

Audio recordings

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Year Cast
(Mařenka, Jeník,
Vašek, Kecal)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label
1933 Ada Nordenová
Vladimír Tomš
Jaroslav Gleich
Emil Pollert
Otakar Ostrčil
Prague National Theatre orchestra and chorus
HMV
Cat: 8.110098-99
1937 Hilda Burke
Mario Chamlee
George Rasely
Louis D'Angelo
Wilfrid Pelletier
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(sung in English)
Bensar
Cat: OL 5837
1939 Hilde Konetzni
Richard Tauber
Heinrich Tessmer
Fritz Krenn
Thomas Beecham
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Opera House chorus
(sung in German)
Urania
Cat: URN22286
1947 Ludmila Červinková
Beno Blachut
Rudolf Vonásek
Karel Kalaš
Karel Ančerl
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Prague Radio Chorus
Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD1354
1949 Elisabeta Shumilova
Georgi Nelepp
Anatole Orfenov
Nicolai Shchelgolkov
Kiril Kondrashin
Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus
(sung in Russian)
Concert Hall
Cat: CHS1318
1951 Traute Richter
Sebastian Hauser
Ralf Peters
Kurt Böhme
Hans Lenzer
Städische Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
VOX OPX
Cat:148/1-2
1952 Milada Musilová [oc]
Ivo Žídek
Oldřich Kovář
Karel Kalaš
Jaroslav Vogel
Prague National Theatre orchestra and chorus
Supraphon
Cat: SU 3980-2
1953 Elfride Trötschel
Richard Hol
Willi Hofmann
Georg Stern
Karl Elmendorff
des Hessichen Rundfunks orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
Cantus Classics
Cat: 500675
1954 Elfride Trötschel
Kurt Wolinsky
Willy Müller
Heinz Rehfuss
Walter Goehr
Frankfurter Opernhaus orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
Gala
Cat: GL100810
1955 Erna Berger
Rudolf Schock
Hanns-Heinz Nissen
Gottlob Frick
Wilhelm Schüchter
Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
Chor des Landestheater Hannover
(sung in German)
EMI
Cat: 5 74270 2 9
1956 Vilma Bukovec
Miro Brajnik
Janez Lipušček
Ladko Korošec
Dimitrij Žebre
Slovenian National Opera orchestra and chorus
Philips
Cat: ABL3179-81
1959 Drahomira Tikalová
Ivo Žídek
Oldřich Kovář
Eduard Haken
Zdeněk Chalabala
Prague National Theatre orchestra and chorus
Supraphon
Cat: SU0040-2612
1962 Pilar Lorengar
Fritz Wunderlich
Karl-Ernst Mercker
Gottlob Frick
Rudolf Kempe
Bamberger Symphoniker
RIAS Kammerchor
(sung in German)
EMI
Cat: 81872
Anny Schlemm
Rolf Apeck
Harald Neukirch
Theo Adam
Otmar Suitner
Dresdner Staatsoper orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
Berlin Classics
Cat: 0020402
1975 Teresa Stratas
René Kollo
Heinz Zednik
Walter Berry
Jaroslav Krombholc
Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
(sung in German)
RCA
Cat: 74321 40576-2
1978 Teresa Stratas
Nicolai Gedda
Jon Vickers
Martti Talvela
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(sung in English)
Bensar
Cat: OL12278
1982 Gabriela Beňačková
Peter Dvorský
Miroslav Kopp
Richard Novák
Zdeněk Košler
Czech Philharmonic & chorus
Supraphon
Cat: SU3703-2
1999 Oksana Krovytska
Miroslav Dvorský
John Cogram
Jiří Sulženko
Zdeněk Mácal
Opéra de Nancy orchestra and chorus
Celestial Audio
Cat: CA003
2004 Susan Gritton
Paul Charles Clarke
Timothy Robinson
Peter Rose
Charles Mackerras
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Opera House chorus
(sung in English)
Chandos
Cat: CHAN3128
2008 Christiane Oelze
Aleš Briscein
Christoph Homberger
Franz Hawlata
Jiří Bělohlávek
L'Opéra National de Paris orchestra and chorus
Premiere Opera
Cat: CDNO3162-2

Video recordings

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Year Cast
(Mařenka, Jeník,
Vašek, Kecal)
Conductor,
Opera house and orchestra
Label
1932 Jarmila Novotná
Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender
Paul Kemp
Otto Wernicke
Theo Mackeben
Unknown
(sung in German)
VHS: Bel Canto Society
Cat: 671[1]
1957 Elsie Morison
Victor Franklin
Raymond Macdonald
Keith Nelson
Clive Douglas
Victoria Symphony Orchestra
Melbourne Singers
(sung in English)
DVD: Premiere Opera
Cat: 6241
1978 Teresa Stratas
Nicolai Gedda
Jon Vickers
Martti Talvela
James Levine
Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus
(sung in English)
DVD: The Met
Cat: 811357013342[2]
1982 Gabriela Beňačková
Peter Dvorský
Miroslav Kapp
Richard Novák
Zdeněk Košler
Czech Philharmonic orchestra and chorus
DVD: Supraphon
Cat: 7011-9
Lucia Popp
Siegfried Jerusalem
Heinz Zednik
Karl Ridderbusch
Ádám Fischer
Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus
(sung in German)
DVD: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat: 001005109
1998 Soile Isokoski
Jorma Silvasti
Ian Bostridge
Franz Hawlata
Bernard Haitink
Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus
DVD: Royal Opera
Cat: 438

References

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Notes
  1. ^ The Bartered Bride (film) on imdb.com Retrieved 17 January 2010
  2. ^ 2010 Met DVD of the 21 November 1978 telecast, from the DVD collection "James Levine Celebrating 40 Years at the Met"
Sources
  • "Gramophone Archive". The Gramophone. Retrieved 15 July 2009. (subscription required)
  • Greenfield, Edward (2003). "Beecham collection - Smetana: The Bartered Bride". ArchivMusic.com. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  • Gruber, Paul, ed. (1993). The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-03444-5.
  • Krombholc, Jaroslav (conductor) (1996). Die verkaufte Braut (CD). Munich: BMG/RCA.
  • March, Ivan, ed. (1993). The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Disc. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-046957-5.
  • "Opera News archive". OperaNewsOnline. Retrieved 15 July 2009. (subscription required)
  • Roberts, David, ed. (2005). The Classical Good CD & DVD Guide 2006. London: Haymarket. ISBN 0-86024-972-7.