Bedřich Smetana: Viola (Karel Ančerl, 1949)

Bedřich Smetana: Viola (fragment) Historical recording of the fragment of Smetana´s last unfinished opera. Libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská after William Shakespeare´s Twelfth Night. (In the picture the scene from a performance of the fragment in the National Theatre in Prague in 1944, with Marie Podvalová, Stanislav Muž and Eduard Haken; conducted by Zdeněk Chalabala, stage director Ferdinand Pujman, set designer Jan Zrzavý.) Viola: Ludmila Červinková Marko: Karel Kalaš Sebastian: Věra Krilová Antonio: Theodor Šrubař Orsino: Jaroslav Gleich Rybář: Jan Soumar Piano: Jan Hus Tichý Czechoslovak Radio Chorus Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Karel Ančerl 1949