Utwory na płycie:

• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 1: A courtyard at the Royal Castle, the Royal Guards stand by the throne, before the t
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 1: Opušteného sirotka malého
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 2: Orchestral
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 2: Již vite, jak to krásné království
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 3: Již uchopte se slova
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 3: Pohasnul den a v hrade
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 4: Dalibor enters, shackles on his hands. Jaký to zjev!
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 4: Zapírat nechci, nejsemt' zvyklý lháti
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 4: Zlocinem tak pomáhals sobé sám!
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 4: Tak, Dalibore
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 5: U svých mne zde vidite nohou!
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act I: Scene 6: Jaká to boure nadra mi plni
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 1: A street in the Lower Town, with an Inn. Ba nejveselejší je tento svet
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 1: Dle této pisne poznávám je vždy
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 1: Je Daliboruv osud tobé znám?
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 2: Ba nejveselejší je tento svet
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Change of Stage 1: Scene 1: The living quarters of the jailor at the castle. Guards patrol
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 2: Ach, jak težký žalárnika
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 3: Milada, running out of the jailor's room. Hotovo všechno
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 4: Jak je mi? Ha, tak náhle prišla již
• Dalibor, opera, JB 1:101: Act II: Scene 5: Beneš emerges from his room, a fiddle in one hand, a burning lantern in the other.

Opera in 3 Acts (1865-7, rev.1870)
Libretto by Josef Wenzig & Ervín Špindler

Smetana’s tragic opera Dalibor from 1868 is now acknowledged as a masterpiece, containing some of his greatest music. It tells a tale of knightly ideals, chivalry, love and loyalty – the plot is similar to Fidelio, and the great set piece choruses remind the listener of Lohengrin, another opera with chivalric ideals at its core. Smetana, saddened by Dalibor’s cool reception (too Wagnerian was one of the charges against it) always had faith that one day it would be appreciated and stand alongside The Bartered Bride, the work that overshadowed all his other operas to his great frustration.

This superb performance of this rarely heard opera was recorded live in the Barbican Hall, London. Conducted by Jiři Bělohlávek, the all Czech cast and the BBC SO and BBC singers gave a performance that impressed all present, and the critics praised the performance ‘Smetana’s melodic invention is given full rein, with a rapturous second-act love duet as its high-point. Bělohlávek’s conducting was warm and wonderfully spacious in those purple passages…the cast, all Czech, was a very fine one’ "A brilliant all-Czech performance’ said The Independent. ‘The pivotal duets were gloriously sung, while chorus and orchestra honoured the full beauty of the score" (The Guardian)

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Sung in Czech; 2CD brilliant box, booklet synopsis and essay. Libretto in Czech, English, German & French available