The Bartered Bride - Prodana nevesta: Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810872608)

Bedrich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride is cherished as the Czech national opera and is the most popular Czech opera in the world. This book presents a detailed guide to performing the opera in Czech and is an indispensable aid for those performing the work in English. It includes a performance history, discussions of the dances, word-for-word translations of the Czech, pronunciation through the International Phonetic Alphabet, appendixes, and an index.

Author: Timothy Cheek
ISBN-10: 0810872609
ISBN-13: 9780810872608
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2009
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2010 pg. 224

About the Author
A leading expert on Czech vocal music, Timothy Cheek is pianist, vocal coach, and professor of performing arts at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theater & Dance in Ann Arbor. He is the author of Singing in Czech: A Guide to Czech Lyric Diction and Vocal Repertoire (2001), The Janáček Opera Libretti, volumes I (2003), II (2004) and III (2016), The Bartered Bride, Prodaná nevěsta: Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation (2010), and Rusalka: A Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation (2012), published by Scarecrow Press and Rowman & Littlefield.