The popular opera by the Czech classic Bedřich Smetana is certainly not an idyllic picture of the Czech countryside but an extremely original and unbiased look at rooted national stereotypes - sometimes ironic, harsh and sometimes kind. However, the main feature of The Bartered Bride is its brilliant humour. Mařenka was promised by her parents to be married to a rich peasant, Mích. Mařenka, however, loves Jeník, a poor young man who wins his chosen one by a clever ploy of seemingly selling his bride.

 

The masterpiece of Czech opera literature returns to the stage of the SND Opera in a playful and witty direction by Pavel Mikuláštík, which underlines the intentions of the composer and librettist Karel Sabina.