Bedřich Smetana 200th birth and 140th death anniversary year

 

Celebrating Smetana (03.02.1824 – 05.12.1884) year (200th birth anniversary / 140th death anniversary). Getting reacquainted with the orchestral works and a long overdue discovery of The Bartered Bride.

「你已經很厲害了耶！」

「唉，但還Smetana(是沒他那)麼強～～～」

Georg Anton Benda: Romeo und Julie (Michael Schneider)

First known musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Romeo und Julie (1776) by Georg Anton Benda (1722-1795), even comes with a happy ending......

J.C. Bach: Zanaida (Opera Fuoco/David Stern)+ Josef Mysliveček: Medonte (L'arte del Mondo/Werner Ehrhardt)

Operas by composers who substantially influenced and shaped Mozart.

J.C. Bach's Zanaida. Josef Mysliveček's Medonte

「他真的Zanaida(超耐打)的!」

「我真的Medonte(沒動它)!」

Offenbach operettas (Minkowski)

Offenbach operettas conducted by... Marc Minkowski ??!!

 

「這pizza要怎麼切？」

「Offenbach(喔，分八個)等分好了～～」

Lady Macbeth (of the Mtsensk District). The novel(la), the opera, the movie