CD82732 Devil's Wall (Smetana) Prague 1952
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CD82732 Devil's Wall (Smetana) Prague 1952
Bedřich Smetana THE DEVIL'S WALL
Comic-romantic opera in three acts Libretto..............................Eliška Krásnohorská
Vok of Vítkovic, Lord of the Rose...........Václav Bednář Záviš, Vok's nephew.................Štěpánka Štěpánová Jarek, a knight in Vok's service........Ivo Žídek Hedvika, countess of Schauenburg......Jaroslava Vymazalová Michálek, chatelain at Rosemberg........Antonín Votava Katuška, Michálk's daughter............Drahomíra Tikalová Beneš, a hermit....................Jaroslav Veverka Rarach, a devil...............................Karel Kalaš
Vocal Ensemble of Czechoslovak Radio in Prague Chorus master............................Josef Hrnčíř Prague Radio Orchestra Conductor.............................František Dyk
Archival radio recording from 1952
Recorded from local digital radio in wav and converted to mp3 (320 kbps). One file for each act, with act 2 divided to fit onto CDs.
Bedřich Smetana THE DEVIL'S WALL
Comic-romantic opera in three acts Libretto..............................Eliška Krásnohorská
Vok of Vítkovic, Lord of the Rose...........Václav Bednář Záviš, Vok's nephew.................Štěpánka Štěpánová Jarek, a knight in Vok's service........Ivo Žídek Hedvika, countess of Schauenburg......Jaroslava Vymazalová Michálek, chatelain at Rosemberg........Antonín Votava Katuška, Michálk's daughter............Drahomíra Tikalová Beneš, a hermit....................Jaroslav Veverka Rarach, a devil...............................Karel Kalaš
Vocal Ensemble of Czechoslovak Radio in Prague Chorus master............................Josef Hrnčíř Prague Radio Orchestra Conductor.............................František Dyk
Archival radio recording from 1952
Recorded from local digital radio in wav and converted to mp3 (320 kbps). One file for each act, with act 2 divided to fit onto CDs.
