Naďa Šormová – Smetana: The Two Widows (2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Naďa Šormová – Smetana: The Two Widows (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:05:07 minutes | 1,82 GB | Genre: Classical, Opera
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The Two Widows (Czech: Dvĕ vdovy) is a two-act Czech opera by Bedřich Smetana based on the libretto of Emanuel Züngel. The libretto is based on Jean Pierre Felicien Mallefille’s one-act play Les deux veuves. The opera was composed between June 1873 and January 1874, and its premiere took place on 27 March 1874 at the Prague Czech Theatre under the direction of Smetana. However, this premiere was not successful and the opera was rewritten in 1874. The spoken dialogue was replaced by through-composed recitatives and some of the music and characters were reworked. The second premiere on 20 October 1874 was very successful. A further revised version was premiered on 17 March 1878, under Adolf Čech. For a later performance in Hamburg in 1882 “Smetena reluctan[t]ly added a trio in act 1 and an alternative ending to Agnes’ aria in act 2, and consented to a redivision of the opera into three acts”.

Tracklist:

1-1. Frantisek Jilek – Two Widows: “Overture” (06:22)
1-2. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 1: “A Fine Morning” (Karolina) (04:18)
1-3. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 2: “Oh, Good Morning, Dear Causin!” (Karolina, Anežka) (00:57)
1-4. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I: “I Rule Independently” (Karolina) (03:59)
1-5. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I: “Well Then, What Would You Have Me Do?” (Karolina, Anežka) (00:46)
1-6. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 3: “Good Morning, Gracious Lady!” (Karolina, Mumlal) (03:07)
1-7. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 3: “Our Good and Gracious Lady Feels Sympathy for Poachers” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal) (05:04)
1-8. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 3: “His Only Redeeming Grace Is That He Misses Everything!” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal) (01:50)
1-9. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 4: “If He Brings Here Now, What Then?” (Karolina, Anežka) (00:36)
1-10. Jiri Zahradnicek – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 5: “Will I Wander Here Long” (Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (04:51)
1-11. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 6: “Everything Is in Order, Gracious Lady” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal) (01:32)
1-12. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 7: “The Prisoner Is at the Door!” (Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal, Karolina, Anežka) (03:45)
1-13. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 7: “My ladies, I beg your forgiveness!” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (05:36)
1-14. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 7: “What Do You Want?” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (02:16)
1-15. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I, Scene 7: “You Little Beast” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (06:07)
1-16. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act I: “Look, Mumlal, We´ve Got You Here… Divine Love, a True Gift” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal, Toník, Lidunka) (04:43)
1-17. Frantisek Jilek – Two Widows, Act II: “Overture II” (02:19)
1-18. Jiri Zahradnicek – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 1: “When May Comes Calling” (Ladislav Podhájský) (02:19)
1-19. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 1: “Fine Idea Keeping That Man Here” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal) (02:09)
1-20. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 2: “There Is No More Doubt… Decided, Finished” (Karolina, Anežka) (07:36)
1-21. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 3: “A Poem!” (Anežka) (01:33)
1-22. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 3: “Do You Want to Keep Fleeing from Me” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský) (01:23)
1-23. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 3: “Ah, How Cruelly My Feigned Resistance” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský) (02:09)
1-24. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II: “What Do You Want to Tell Me?” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský) (05:24)
1-25. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 3: “But That Was Not in the Letter, Sir” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský) (02:29)
1-26. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 4: “Halt, Sir!” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský) (02:37)
1-27. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 5: “They Are Leaving Together to Have Fun” (Anežka) (04:35)
1-28. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 5: “Oh, What a Beautiful Day” (Anežka) (03:50)
1-29. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 6: “Fine! Wonderful!” (Anežka, Mumlal) (01:24)
1-30. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 6: “When Anything at All Bothers Me” (Mumlal) (03:27)
1-31. Marcela Machotková – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 6: “My Beloved, Worthy Friend” (Anežka, Mumlal) (00:42)
1-32. Jaroslav Horacek – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 7: “What´s This, Girl, What’s This?” (Mumlal, Toník, Lidunka) (04:02)
1-33. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 8: “Mumlal, Go and Grumble Like a Bear” (Karolina, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (04:22)
1-34. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 9: “Oh! Ah, What a Surprise” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (04:54)
1-35. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II, Scene 9: “Gracious Lady!” (Karolina, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal) (04:58)
1-36. Naďa Šormová – Two Widows, Act II: “I Hereby Bring the Glorious News” (Karolina, Mumlal) (00:31)
1-37. Prague National Theatre Chorus – Two Widows, Act II: “The Lord God Must Love Us” (Karolina) (02:06)
1-38. Prague National Theatre Chorus – Two Widows, Act II: “Polka (dance) – The Lord God Must Love Us” (04:09)

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