PT Journal
AU Kadlec, P
TI On the Reception of Operas by Bedrich Smetana in Prague in the Years 1884-1892
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2018
BP 148
EP 155
VL 27
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2018.012
DE Bedrich Smetana; opera; reception; Prague; 19th century
AB The period between Smetana's death (1884) and the International Exhibition of Music and Theatre in Vienna (1892) represents a specific phase in the reception of Smetana's work. Smetana's operas were already a stable part of the repertory of the National Theatre even before he became internationally renowned. The Czech critics established Smetana's works as a benchmark to which all new compositions were compared. Many of Smetana's admirers expected his opera works to succeed even beyond the borders of the Czech Lands and they intensively encouraged Czech institutions and listeners to maintain their interest in Smetana's compositions.
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