Bedrich Smetana deals with love In his earthy opera "The Bartered Bride." It may not be politically correct — the bride is bought, after all — but everything turns out happily in the end. Here's an ...
Musically, Bedřich Smetana’s The Bartered Bride is marvellous, vivid, dance-infused work. In the second performance of the run, conductor Jac van Steen and the Philharmonia Orchestra were achieving ...
A new production of Smetana's irrepressible The Bartered Bride will be presented by Cape Town Opera, in collaboration with the UCT Opera School, at the Baxter from August 17. A riot of song, dance and ...