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

Zdeněk Fibich Zdeněk Fibich (, 21 December 1850 in Všebořice – 15 October 1900 in Prague) was a Czech composer of classical music. Among his compositions are chamber works (including two string quartets, a piano trio, piano quartet and a quintet for p ...

in 4 acts to a libretto by after Byron's ''

Don Juan Don Juan (), also known as Don Giovanni ( Italian), is a legendary, fictional Spanish libertine who devotes his life to seducing women. Famous versions of the story include a 17th-century play, ''El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra'' ...

''. 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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