The Devil`s Wall (Czech: Certova stena) is a comic-romantic opera in three acts, with music by Bedrich Smetana and libretto by Eliska Krasnohorska, in their third operatic collaboration. The...Read more
The Devil`s Wall (Czech: Certova stena) is a comic-romantic opera in three acts, with music by Bedrich Smetana and libretto by Eliska Krasnohorska, in their third operatic collaboration. The subtext of the plot is a Czech legend of a sheer rockface that overlooks the Vltava river, near the old monastery of Vyssi Brod, where the Devil was said to have halted the building of the monastery by damming the Vltava, which then rose and flooded the site.
Lord Vok - baritone Zavis - contralto Jarek - tenor Rarach, the - Devil bass Hedvika - soprano Katuska - soprano Michalek - tenor Benes - bass Õ Close Show records by: listenings count | performer's rating | alphabetical 
Performed by the orchestra and chorus of the Prague National Theatre, conductor Zdenek Halabala. Prague, 1960.
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Frantisek Dyk
(conductor)
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Ivo Zidek
(tenor),
Drahomira Tikalova
(soprano),
Karel Kalas
(bass),
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jarek: Ivo Zidek, Vok Vidkovik: Vaclav Bednar, Zavis: Stepanka Stepanova, Hedvika: Jaroslava Vymazalova, Katuska: Drahomira Tikalova, Michalek: Antonin Votava, Benes: Jaroslav Veverka, Rarach: Karel Kalas. Vocal Ensemble of the Czechoslovak Radio and Prague Radio Orchestra. Rec. - Praha, 1952.
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