Zuzana Vojířová
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''Zuzana Vojířová'' is an opera by
Jiří Pauer Jiří Pauer (22 February 1919 in Libušín, Czechoslovakia – 28 December 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic) was a Czech composer. Pauer studied first with Otakar Šín, then from 1943 to 1946 at the Prague Conservatory with Alois Hába, and fina ...
to the composer's own libretto after the play of the same name by Jan Bor, which is itself based on a romance by František Kubka. The plot concerns the folk tale of nobleman Peter Vok's 30-year-long illicit romance with the miller-knight's daughter Zuzana Vojířová. The opera was written in a Janáček-like idiom and became one of the most successful post-war Czech operas, with 120 performances in Prague alone - long the most performed modern Czech opera.


Recording

* Complete recording 1979. Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová, soprano, Václav Zítek, baritone. Prague Radio Chorus and Prague National Theatre Orchestra. :sv:František Vajnar, conductor. 3 LPs with libretto in Czech and English translation.Gramophone review
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