The Bartered Bride - Prodana Nevesta Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation |
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| Author:
| Cheek, Timothy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8108-7260-8 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Publisher: | Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $78.00 |
Book Description:
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Bedrich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride is cherished as the Czech national opera and is the most popular Czech opera in the world. This book presents a detailed guide to performing the opera in Czech and is an indispensable aid for those performing the work in English. It includes a performance history, discussions of the dances, word-for-word translations of the Czech, pronunciation through the International Phonetic Alphabet, appendixes, and an index.
Bedrich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride is cherished as the Czech national opera and is the most popular Czech opera in the world. This book presents a detailed guide to performing the opera in Czech and is an indispensable aid for those performing the work in English. It includes a performance history, discussions of the dances, word-for-word translations of the Czech, pronunciation through the International Phonetic Alphabet, appendixes, and an index.