Libuse - Bedrich Smetana
Information about the opera Libuse by Bedrich Smetana, and the best recordings available on CD or DVD, or for download.
More of an oratorio than an opera.
Recommended recordings on CD
Kosler/Zitek/Soukupová (Supraphon 11 1276-2)
A good performance of this staid work.
Prague National Theatre Chorus, Prague National Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Zdenek Kosler, 1983.
Cast: Václav Zitek (Libuse), Vera Soukupová (Premysl), Gabriela Benacková (Chrudos).
Supraphon 11 1276-2