No one could accuse Bedrich Smetana of lacking in ambition: disappointed that Czechoslovakia (as it was then) rarely appeared on the cultural map of central Europe, he declared, "No other than I should beget a native Czech music”, combining operatic traditions with folk music. The Bartered Bride was his second opera in 1866, but didn't [...]
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:29PM on September 11, 2012