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. New production, sung in English.

Cast/Performers

Alwyn Mellor, Neill Archer, Colette Delahunt, Carole Wilson, Iain Paton, Glenville Hargreaves

Creatives/Company

Music: Smetana
Lyrics: Sabina
Director: Daniel Slater
Conductor: Oliver von Dohnanyi
Design: Robert Innes Hopkins
Lighting: Simon Mills
Choreographer: Vanessa Gray
Translation(s): Leonard Hancock, David Pountney