PT Journal
AU Blahynka, M
TI Operas by Bedrich Smetana in Slovakia in the Years 1920-1939
SO Musicologica Olomucensia
PY 2018
BP 235
EP 242
VL 27
IS 1
DI 10.5507/mo.2018.018
DE Bedrich Smetana; opera; Slovakia; Slovak National Theater
AB Smetana's operas were brought to the territory of Slovakia thanks to visiting Czech opera companies as early as before the First World War. With the emergence of Czechoslovakia and the establishment of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, an entirely new situation occurred: the "national" programme was gaining ground in the multi-cultural environment. The meaning of the adjective "Slovak" in connection with theatre was, however, mainly territorial, thus Oskar Nedbal was called to Bratislava as an artistic authority. Nedbal worked as the director of the opera in the years 1923-1930. Smetana's work became the core repertory.
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