''Hedy'' Op. 43, is an 1896 Czech-language opera by

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in 4 acts to a

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by after Byron's ''

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''. Donald Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams, ''A Short History of Opera'' p. 536: "The librettist for Fibich's final three operas – ''Hedy'' (1896), ''Šárka'' (1897), and ''Paid Arkuna'' (The Fall of Arleona, c. 1900) – was Anezka Schulzova, with whom he was very much in love."

Recordings

*''Hedy'', act 3: "Jsem-li hricka moci pekla"" recorded by

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References

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