FULL Dve vdovy or The Two Widows (Smetana) San Francisco CA 1990 Pocket Opera
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Dve vdovy aka Two Widows
- Composer: Smetana Bedrich
- Libretto: Emanuel Züngel based on Jean Pierre Felicien Mallefille's one-act play Les deux veuves.
- Venue & Opera Company: San Francisco area, California
- Recorded: 1990
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: unknown
- Conductor:
- Orchestra:
- Stage Director:
- Costume Designer:
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Information MP+D
- Date Published: 2023
- Format: Unknown
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: ok FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Synopsis from Wikipedia:
Place: A castle in Bohemia (Czech Republic).
Act 1
At the castle, the people are celebrating. The two widows, Caroline and Agnes, who live there are very different. The landlady, Caroline, is happy about her liberty and independence, while Agnes cannot make friends since she is still in mourning. Caroline is pressed by her suitor, Ladislaus. However, she does not want to marry him. So Caroline conspires to have Agnes fall in love with Ladislaus. Caroline invites Ladislaus to the castle, where he is arrested by Mumlal. Ladislaus is condemned to one day house arrest in the castle. Ladislaus accepts the punishment. However, Agnes cannot be made interested in him. At the end of the act, Lidka and Toník with the choir sing about love.
Act 2
While in prison, Ladislaus sings a love song, which awakens in Agnes the feeling of love. However, Agnes cannot confess to her feelings. Even Caroline’s scheme and Ladislaus’s confession does not change her feelings. Only as Caroline begins to flirt with Ladislaus, that Agnes admits her feelings to Ladislaus. The envious Mumlal cannot divert Lidka and Toník from making love to each other. At the ball, both of them get married.