Details

First performed in 1866 and set in a 19th Century Bohemian village this is the story of an arranged marriage and plenty of confusion as suitors are spurned and spurn in their turn. Smetana wrote five versions of this opera/operetta. The first Glyndebourne production of this opera.

Cast/Performers

Helga Dernesch (Ludmila), Anne Howells (Hata), Solveig Kringelborn (Marenka), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Vasek), Norman Bailey (Krusina), Kim Begley (Jenik), Andrew Forbes-Lane (Ringmaster), Kurt Rydl (Kecal), Richard Van Allan (Micha)

Creatives/Company

Music: Smetana
Lyrics: Sabina
Company(s): Glyndebourne, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Jiri Kout
Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Design: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting: Hugh Vanstone