List of operas by Bedřich Smetana

This is a list of operas by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884). All premieres took place in Prague.

List

B[1] T[2] Title Sub­divisions Libretto Composition date Première date Theatre
124 90 The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Braniboři v Čechách) 3 acts Karel Sabina 1862–1863 5 January 1866 Provisional
143 93 The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta; German: Die verkaufte Braut) 3 acts Karel Sabina 1863–1866, revised 1869 and 1870 30 May 1866 Provisional
133 96 Dalibor 3 acts Josef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervín Špindler [cs]) 1865–1867, revised 1870 16 May 1868 New Town
107 Libuše 3 acts Josef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervin Špindler) 1869–1872 11 June 1881 National
109 The Two Widows (Dvě vdovy) 2 acts Emanuel Züngel, after Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille's play Les deux veuves 1873–1874, revised 1877 27 March 1874 Provisional
115 The Kiss (Hubička) 2 acts Eliška Krásnohorská, after the novel by Karolina Světlá 1875–1876 7 November 1876 Provisional
118 The Secret (Tajemství) 3 acts Eliška Krásnohorská 1877–1878 18 September 1878 New Czech Theatre [cs]
129 The Devil's Wall (Čertova stěna) Eliška Krásnohorská 1879–1882 29 October 1882 New Czech Theatre
133 Viola Eliška Krásnohorská, after Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night 1874, 1883–1884 (fragment) 15 March 1900 (concert version), 11 May 1924 (staged) National (1924)

References

Notes
  1. ^ Numbers from the catalogue by František Bartoš.
  2. ^ Numbers from the 1893 catalogue by Karel Teige [cs].
Sources
  • Tyrrell, John (1992), 'Smetana, Bedřich' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
  • Media related to Operas by Smetana at Wikimedia Commons