Smetana's frothy, almost operetta-like opera Hubicka (The Kiss) is a standard, popular work in Czech-speaking lands and has been since its premiere in 1876. This makes one wonder why it has not been recorded more often. The recording under consideration here, made by the then Czech state label Supraphon in 1952, was the only complete one for many, ...
Except for Rusalka, Dvorák's operas have never gotten much of a foothold outside Czechoslovakia. Kate and the Devilhas remained a national favorite in Czechoslovakia, though, and it's easy to see why; it may have an intentionally ridiculous libretto, but it's full of the composer's typically melodious inventiveness. Written soon after his Symphony ...
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