List of operas by Bedřich Smetana

This is a list of operas by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884). All premieres took place in Prague.

List

B[1]T[2]TitleSub­divisionsLibrettoComposition datePremière dateTheatre
12490The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (Braniboři v Čechách)3 actsKarel Sabina1862–18635 January 1866Provisional
14393The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta, German: Die verkaufte Braut)3 actsKarel Sabina1863–1866, revised 1869 and 187030 May 1866Provisional
13396Dalibor3 actsJosef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervin Špindler)1865–1867, revised 187016 May 1868New Town
107Libuše3 actsJosef Wenzig (Czech translation: Ervin Špindler)1869–187211 June 1881National
109The Two Widows (Dvě vdovy)2 actsEmanuel Züngel, after Jean Pierre Félicien Mallefille's play Les deux veuves1873–1874, revised 187727 March 1874Provisional
115The Kiss (Hubička)2 actsEliška Krásnohorská, after the novel by Karolina Světlá1875–18767 November 1876Provisional
118The Secret (Tajemství)3 actsEliška Krásnohorská1877–187818 September 1878New Czech
129The Devil's Wall (Čertova stěna)Eliška Krásnohorská1879–188229 October 1882New Czech
133ViolaEliška Krásnohorská, after Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night1874, 1883–1884 (fragment) 15 March 1900 (concert version), 11 May 1924 (staged)National (1924)

References

Notes
  1. Numbers from the catalogue by František Bartoš.
  2. Numbers from the 1893 catalogue by Karel Teige.
Sources
  • Tyrrell, John (1992), 'Smetana, Bedřich' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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