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| Composer | Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1884 |
| Work type | Choral |
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Hrůša’s ambitious but uneven Night at Covent Garden
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Dvořák’s rarely heard oratorio The Spectre’s Bride fails to ignite, leaving a performance caught uneasily between respect and restlessness.
Dvořák’s Spectre’s Bride exhumed in Berlin
The orchestral writing proves to be the main point of interest in a rousing performance of Dvořák's rare dramatic cantata.
Spectre's Bride proves an eerily good time at the Konzerthaus
In the ballad, a lovelorn maiden is finally reunited with her dead lover, who immediately tries to trick her into a midnight wedding at a graveyard after dragging her through muddy swamps filled with ghosts and howling animals.