CD82732 Devil's Wall (Smetana) Prague 1952
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CD82732 Devil's Wall (Smetana) Prague 1952
Bedřich Smetana
THE DEVIL'S WALL
Comic-romantic opera in three acts
Libretto..............................Eliška Krásnohorská
Vok of Vítkovic, Lord of the Rose...........Václav Bednář
Záviš, Vok's nephew.................Štěpánka Štěpánová
Jarek, a knight in Vok's service........Ivo Žídek
Hedvika, countess of Schauenburg......Jaroslava Vymazalová
Michálek, chatelain at Rosemberg........Antonín Votava
Katuška, Michálk's daughter............Drahomíra Tikalová
Beneš, a hermit....................Jaroslav Veverka
Rarach, a devil...............................Karel Kalaš
Vocal Ensemble of Czechoslovak Radio in Prague
Chorus master............................Josef Hrnčíř
Prague Radio Orchestra
Conductor.............................František Dyk
Archival radio recording from 1952
Recorded from local digital radio in wav and converted to mp3 (320 kbps). One
file for each act, with act 2 divided to fit onto CDs.