The Stubborn Lovers. Comic Opera in 1 Act

Scene 6 - Lenka, why ever do you look so sad


  • Recorded: 26th March 2003
  • Record Place: Domovina Studio
  • First Release: 2004
  • (P) 2004 SUPRAPHON a.s.
  • Genre: Opera

Artists

  • music by: Antonín Dvořák
  • conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek
  • musical group: Prague Philharmonia
  • soprano: Zdena Kloubová
  • bass: Gustáv Beláček
  • libretto by: Josef Štolba

Album

Prague Philharmonia, Jiří Bělohlávek

Dvořák: The Stubborn Lovers. Comic Opera in 1 Act

Catalogue Number: SU 3765-2
Published: 30th January 2004
Genre: Opera
Format: 1 CD
Antonín Dvořák wrote his opera, The Stubborn Lovers, in 1874, as his third work for the stage. His intention was to produce a comic opera rendering a humorous tableau capturing the atmosphereand human relations in the Bohemian/Czech countryside. Dvořák's exceptional compositional invention and profound yet natural feeling for music were by now fully developped. This one-act opera, premiered at the New Czech Theatre in 1881, abounds in down-to-earth yet spirited music backing the action of a gallery of originally conceived lyrical characters. Dvořák's one-acter, however, has provedless than lucky as regards the frequency of actual stage productions. Perhaps this was due to the standard need for the producers to find another one-acter with which to couple it in a double bill. We wish to make up for the undeserved neglect of this
opera by presenting this recording, the world premiere in CD format, which is dedicated to the coming centenary of Dvořák'sdeath, an occasion which will be marked by the whole music world on 1st May, 2004.
This project came to involve the joint forces, under the baton of Jiří Bělohlávek, of a potent team ofyoung soloists, backed by the Prague Philharmonia and Prague Philharmonic Choir. Here is a unique recording set to broaden the music lovers' knowledge of Dvořák's multifaceted compositional legacy.
Dvořák's The Stubborn Lovers in a world first on CD.
Antonín Dvořák
The Stubborn Lovers. Comic Opera in 1 Act
1. Overture 09:45
2. Scene 1 - Well then, it's settled! 07:40
3. Scena 2 - Pressure Toník, ha-ha-ha! 02:40
4. Scene 3 - Look there, and no mistake! 06:02
5. Scene 4 - Ha-ha! The old boy already knows! 03:46
6. Scene 5 - What an outrage it would be 01:34
7. Scene 6 - Lenka, why ever do you look so sad 07:30
8. Scene 7 - What's up with me 03:23
9. Scene 8 - But that's impossible! 03:14
10. Scene 9 - My father marrying Lenka 02:01
11. Scene 10 - Mistress Říhová, good day to you 05:46
12. Scene 11 - Look here, it's Lenka 04:33
13. Scene 12 - Ha-ha! Sweet maid Lenka 01:24
14. Scene 13,14 - Ha-ha! There, neighbour 03:26
15. Scene 15 - O stupid, stupid me 07:31
16. Scene 16 - Hey, Hey, Hey! What delight to see them embracing 06:02