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| Composer | Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Librettist | Eliška Krásnohorská |
| Year | 1882 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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The Devil’s Wall: Smetana’s last opera, at his birthplace
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Glorious music and excellent singing can't mask a simplistic staging of Smetana's last opera, an uneasy combination of rom-com and medieval legend.
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The forefather of Czech opera: Ostrava’s complete Smetana cycle
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Bedřich Smetana was the fountainhead of the national school of Czech composition – and this year all eight of his operas will be ambitiously presented by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre.