COMPOSERS: Smetana
LABELS: Supraphon
WORKS: Libuse
PERFORMER: Kniplová, Bednáπ, Kroupa; Prague National Theatre Chorus & Orchestra/Jaroslav Krombhoic
CATALOGUE NO: SU 3982-2
Smetana’s festival opera, static but musically splendid, celebrates Bohemia’s legendary first queen, prophesying in visions the Czech nation’s heroic survival. Michael Scott Rohan