A twist of fate offers the young widower Lukáš and his former lover Vendulka a second chance at the happiness once denied them. However, their short tempers, stubborn natures and lack of mutual understanding leave the lovers vulnerable to a serious quarrel all on account of a mere kiss.
The Kiss holds a unique place in Smetana’s oeuvre; it was the first operatic work he composed after the great personal tragedy of completely losing his hearing. Eliška Krásnohorská adapted a short story by Czech realistic writer Karolina Světlá for the composer, setting it to rhyming verses and creating one of the best librettos he ever received. A seemingly banal story - with almost no dramatic potential - belies deep emotional and psychological depth, and Smetana turned it into a brilliant opera filled with an exquisite musical characterisation of picturesque figures, rural traditions and superstitions. First and foremost, he created a heartfelt image of the pure souls of ‘simple’ folk. The production was staged as an integral part of the Smetana Opera Cycle Ostrava 2024 by director and National Moravian-Silesian Theatre’s Intendant Jiří Nekvasil and Music Director of Opera Marek Šedivý.
Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 19 July 2024 at 19:00 CET to 19 January 2025 at 12:00 CET: operavision.eu...
CAST
Father Paloucký
František Zahradníček
Vendulka
Veronika Rovná
Lukáš
Martin Šrejma
Tomeš
Jiří Rajniš
Martinka
Lucie Hilscherová
Barče
Marta Chila Reichelová
Matouš
Josef Kovačič
The Border Guard
Václav Morys
Morningstar
Stela Machová
Nela Starková
Orchestra
National Moravian‐Silesian Theatre Orchestra
Chorus
National Moravian‐Silesian Theatre Chorus
Music
Bedřich Smetana
Text
Eliška Krásnohorská (based on the short story by Karolína Světlá)
Conductor
Marek Šedivý
Director
Jiří Nekvasil
Sets
Jakub Kopecký
Costumes
Simona Rybáková
Movement Director
Jana Tomsová
Chorus Master
Jurij Galatenko
Dramaturg
Juraj Bajús
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