Marie Červinková-Riegrová (9 August 1854 in

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– 19 January 1895 in Prague) was a Czech writer. She wrote the libretto ''

Dimitrij Dimitrij is a masculine given name related to Demetrius Demetrius is the Latinization of names, Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male name, male Greek given names, given name ''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alterna ...

'' for Karel Šebor, but then offered it to

Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...

who set it to music in 1881.Daniel E. Freeman The opera theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Prague - 1992 Page 260 "In addition, it is not outside the realm of possibility that Janacek influenced Dvorak in some way during 1874 and 1875 in ... If Janacek did not have any direct say in Dvorak's subsequent choice of Marie Cervinkova-Riegrova's libretto Dimitrij for his next serious opera, which was first performed in 1882, we can be certain that he would have heartily approved.

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