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. A revival of the 1999 Festival production. Sung in Czech with English supertitles.

Cast/Performers

Diana Montague (Ludmilla), Andrew Shore (Krusina), Solveig Kringelborn (Marenka), Alan Fairs (Micha), Frances McCafferty (Hata), Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Vasek), Julian Gavin (Jenik), Reinhard Dorn (Kecal), Andrew Forbes-Lane (Ringmaster), Olga Schalaewa (Esmeralda)

Creatives/Company

Music: Smetana
Lyrics: Sabina
Corporate Sponsor: Associated Newspapers Limited
Company(s): Glyndebourne Opera, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor: Dietfried Bernet
Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Design: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting: Hugh Vanstone