The kiss : opera in 2 acts / Bedřich Smetana ; libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská.

Author/creator Smetana, Bedřich composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationPrague : Supraphon, [1980]
Copyright Date℗1980
Description2 audio discs (112:28) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorDěpoltová, Eva, performer.
Other author/creatorEffenberková, Božena, performer.
Other author/creatorVodička, Leo Marian, 1950- performer.
Other author/creatorMárová, Libuše, performer.
Other author/creatorZítek, Václav, performer.
Other author/creatorHaken, Eduard, performer.
Other author/creatorVajnar, František, conductor.
Other author/creatorPechová-Krásnohorská, Eliška, 1847-1926. Hubička.
Other author/creatorSbor Opery Státního divadla v Brně, performer.
Other author/creatorOrchestr Opery Státního divadla v Brně, performer.
Uniform titleHubička
Contents Disc 1 (62:55). Prvni dejstvi = Act one. Predehra = Overture (6:01) -- "Vendulko! Vendulko!" = "Vendulka! Vendulka!" (Martinka, Vendulka, Otec = Father) (4:36) -- "Uz jdou, uz jdou" = "They're coming" (Barce, Vendulka, Martinka, Otec = Father) (1:05) -- "Dobry vecer!" = "Good evening" ; Tomes: "Zde muj svakr Lukas" = "Here, my brother-in-law, Lukas" (Tomes, Lukas, Otec = Father, sbor = Chorus) (9:17) -- "Ma nejdrazsi" = "My dearest one!" ; "Jsme svoji, jsme svoji" = "United?" (Lukas, Vendulka, sbor = chorus, Tomes, Otec = Father) (3:38) -- "Aj hle! Jiz hnev jim bouri krev," = "Behold! They start to quarrel now," "Pripijme jim na zdravi" = "Let us drink now to their health" (sbor = Chorus, Tomes, Lukas, Otec = Father) (3:29) -- "Nikdy, nikdy v hori svem" = "Never, never in my despair" (Lukas, Vendulka) (3:53) -- "Jet' jasno od cervanku" = "Evening sky sheds in its light" (Vendulka, Lukas) (3:24) -- "Az do svatby mam cekat" = "Till the wedding shall I wait?" "Tvou libat lic" = "I only want to kiss" (Lukas, Vendulka) (8:01) -- "Jak jsem to rek" = "What I've foreseen" (Otek, Vendulka, Lukas) (4:28) -- "Kam asi jde?" = "Where's he going?" "Jak zapomnel by na ten krasny cas" = "How could he ever forget our love" (Vendulka, Martinka) (3:33) -- "Jsem, mila holka, stary vech" = "I'm my dear girl, old by now" (Martinka, Vendulka) (2:37) -- "Hajej, muj andilku" = "Sleep now, my baby dear," "Letela belounka holubicka" = "There was a white dove" (Vendulka) (3:59) -- "Jaka hanba" = "What a shame 'tis!" ; Lukas: "Hrajte mi tu nejskocnejsi" = "Play musicians, play a jump dance" (Barce, Vendulka, Lukas) (2:26) -- "Styd' se! Hanba to i chlapci" = "Shameless! A boy would feel ashamed" (Tomes, Lukas, sbor = chorus, Barce, Vendulka) (2:27).
Contents Disc 2 (49:33). Druhe dejstvi = Act two. Predehra = Overture (2:45) -- "Jen dal" = "Let's go!" (Matous, sbor = chorus) (4:24) -- "Ja nest'astnik" = "I'm miserable," "Kdybych vedel, jak svou vinu smyt" = "If I knew how to redeem my guilt" (Lukas) (3:59) -- "Ten me prohnal" = "What a wild chase!" (Tomes, Lukas) (2:17) -- "Jen odpros ji, ty blahovy," "Hnev zastavis" = "Just go and pray, you foolish man" (Tomes, Lukas) (4:49) -- "Ha, ha, mas Lukasi s tou laskou kriz" = "Ha, ha, you've, Lukas, such trouble" (Matous, sbor = chorus) (2:51) -- "Jak temny les!" = "What a dark wood!" (Vendulka, Martinka, Matous) (3:29) -- "O, jak jsem mohla verit blahova" = "O, why ever did I believe foolishly" (Vendulka, Martinka, Matous) (3:10) -- "Vendulicko, jakpak tedy" = "Vendulka, dear, tell me quickly" (Martinka, Vendulka, Straznik) (5:31) -- "Dobre ti ukazal, co skryto v muzi" = "Well did he show to you" (Martinka, Vendulka) (2:36) -- "Och, nedycham jak pospicham!" = "O, I'm breathless, o, I hurry!" (Barce) (2:48) -- "Hlasej ptacku, hlasej" = "Herald, skylark, herald" (Barce) (2:06) -- "Hle Matous, Lukas a nas hospodar!" = "Look, Matous, Lukas and our farmer!" ; Otec = Father: "Ano, ano, odpoustim ti, hochu" = "O, yes, o, yes, I forgive you, young man" (Barce, Matous, Lukas, Tomes, sbor = chorus, Otec = Father) (4:11) -- "Sousede a sousedky" = "I invite you, neighbours all" ; "Tot' on! Tot' ona!" = "It's he! It's she!" ; Sbor = Chorus: "Smirily se vzdory" = "All the strife is over" (Tomas, Lukas, sbor = chorus, Vendulka, Barce, Martinka, Otec = Father, Matous) (4:34).
General noteCompact discs.
General noteCzech libretto with English, German and French translations and program notes in English, German and French laid in container.
Performer Eva Děpoltová, Božena Effenberková, sopranos ; Leo Marian Vodička, tenor ; Libuše Márová, contralto ; Václav Zítek, baritone ; Eduard Haken, bass ; Brno Janáček Opera Chorus ; Brno Janáček Opera Orchestra ; František Vajnar, conductor.
Standard identifier# 8596911218020
Publisher number11 2180-2 612 Supraphon

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