Viola (opera)

19th-century opera fragment by Bedřich Smetana

Viola

Opera by Bedřich Smetana

The composer around 1883

Librettist| Eliška Krásnohorská
Language| Czech
Based on| Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night
Premiere|

11 May 1924 (1924-05-11)

National Theatre, Prague

Viola is an unfinished romantic opera by Bedřich Smetana. The libretto was written by Eliška Krásnohorská, and is based on Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night. The composer did some work on it in 1874 and then came back to it in 1883, when he only managed to orchestrate a few scenes; the opera was left incomplete upon Smetana's death in 1884.

## Performance history

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A concert performance (of the unfinished work) was given on 15 March 1900[1] and it was staged at the Prague National Theatre on 11 May 1924.

## Roles

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Roles, voice types Role  | Voice type

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Orsino, Duke of Illyria | tenor
Viola, twin sister to Sebastian | mezzo-soprano
Sebastian, twin brother to Viola | soprano
Olivie  | mezzo-soprano
Tobiáš  | baritone
Ondřej  | tenor
Malvolio  | baritone
Marie  | soprano
Šašek  | baritone
Antonio, a captain | bass
Marko, an old fisherman | bass

## Recordings

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* 1982, Zdeněk Košler (conductor), Prague National Theatre Orchestra and Chorus; Jiří Pokorný (Piano), Marie Veselá, Drahomíra Drobková, Dalibor Jedlička, Jaroslav Horáček, Miroslav Švejda, Karel Hanuš

## References

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1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Viola, 15 March 1900". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).

## Further reading

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* Tyrrell, John. "Smetana, Bedrich". In Laura Macy (ed.). Grove Music Online. (subscription required)

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List of compositions

Opera|

* The Brandenburgers in Bohemia (1863)
* The Bartered Bride (1866)
* Dalibor (1868)
* Libuše (1872)
* The Two Widows (1874)
* The Kiss (1876)
* The Secret (1878)
* The Devil's Wall (1882)
* Viola (1884, incomplete)

Orchestral works|

* Hakon Jarl (1860–61)
* Má vlast (1872–79)

Chamber music|

* Piano Trio in G minor (1855)
* String Quartet No. 1 (1876)
* String Quartet No. 2 (1882–83)

Namesakes|

* Bedřich Smetana Museum
* Smetana Quartet

Film adaptations|

* The Bartered Bride (1932 film)
* Dalibor (1956 film)

Related articles|

* Moravian folk music
* Skočná

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William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night

Characters|

* Viola
* Orsino
* Olivia
* Sebastian
* Malvolio
* Maria
* Sir Toby Belch
* Sir Andrew Aguecheek
* Feste

On screen|

* 1933
* 1955
* 1966 (TV)
* 1970 (TV)
* 1980 (TV)
* 1986
* 1988 (TV)
* 1992 (TV)
* 1996

Musical|

* Your Own Thing (1968)
* Music Is (1976)
* Play On! (1997)
* Illyria (2004)
* All Shook Up (2004)

Adaptations|

* Kanniyin Kathali (1949)
* Just One of the Guys (1985)
* Motocrossed (2001)
* She's the Man (2006)
* Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009)

Opera|

* Viola (unfinished)

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