Viola (opera)

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Operas by Bedřich Smetana
Brandenburgers in Bohemia (1863) The Bartered Bride (1866) Dalibor (1868) Libuše (1872) The Two Widows (1874) The Kiss (1876) The Secret (1878) The Devil's Wall (1882) Viola (1884)
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Viola is an unfinished comic opera by Bedřich Smetana. The libretto was written by Eliška Krásnohorská, and is based on the play Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. The opera was left incomplete upon Smetana's death in 1884.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, - (Conductor:-)
Viola, twin sister to Sebastian	mezzo-soprano
Sebastian, twin brother to Viola	soprano
Antonio, Captain, a friend to Sebastian	bass
Marko	bass
Orsano, Duke of Illyria	tenor
A fisherman	baritone

[edit] Discography

• 1982, Zdeněk Košler (conductor), Prague National Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Jiří Pokorný (Piano), Marie Veselá, Drahomíra Drobková, Dalibor Jedlička, Jaroslav Horáček, Miroslav Švejda, Karel Hanuš