The Bartered Bride

The Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. It was composed during the period 1863 to 1866, and first performed at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866. The musical treatment made considerable use of traditional Bohemian dance forms, such as the polka and furiant....