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Kdybych se co takového (Ah my darling, we could grow together)
      from Act I of the Czech opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana
      Libretto : Karel Sabina

• Role : Marenka, daughter of Krusina and Ludmilla
• Voice Part : soprano
• Setting : spring in a Bohemian village, Bohemia
• Range : D4 to A6. Tessitura : F4 to G5
• Synopsis : Marenka and Jenik are in love but Marenka's parents have promised her to another man. Marenka has decided that she will refuse to go along with it. She notices, however, that Jenik seems uneasy. Suspecting that there might be something he is hiding from her, she tells him that she would be heart-broken if she ever learned of another woman in his life. She knows little of his past and wonders if that might mean that he has already left one sweetheart.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50337 (English only, ask if any Czech editions are available). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Má ma-ma-ticka (N…n…n…now, my dear)
      from Act II of the Czech opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana
      Libretto : Karel Sabina

• Role : Vasek, son of Micha and Hata
• Voice Part : tenor
• Setting : inside an inn in a Bohemian village, Bohemia
• Range : G3 to A5. Tessitura : G3 to E4
• Synopsis : Vasek enters the inn when it is empty. He mentions, shyly and stuttering, that his mother has told him firmly to win the wife that she has picked out for him. Unbeknownst to him, the woman picked out to be his wife is Marenka, the beloved of Jenik who is Vasek's brother.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50337 (English only, ask if any Czech editions are available). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Jak mozná verit (Soon now, my dearest)
      from Act II of the Czech opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana
      Libretto : Karel Sabina

• Role : Jenik, son of Micha by his first marriage
• Voice Part : tenor
• Setting : inside an inn in a Bohemian village, Bohemia
• Range : G3 to A5. Tessitura : G3 to G4
• Synopsis : Jenik and the marriage broker, Kecal, have been bargaining. Kecal wants Jenik to give up any claim to his beloved, Marenka. Jenik finally agrees but only if he receives a large sum of money and under the condition that Marenka marries the elder son of Micha. Kecal thinks he has made a good deal because the elder son of Micha is presumed dead. However, he doesn't know that Jenik is really Micha's eldest son. After Kecal leaves, Jenik gloats over his clever victory, saying that anyone who could expect him to sell Marenka is a fool. To him, Marenka is too valuable to be sold for any amount of money.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50337 (English only, ask if any Czech editions are available). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

To-to mi v hlave lezí (Oh, how d…d…d…doubts fill me)
      from Act III of the Czech opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana
      Libretto : Karel Sabina

• Role : Vasek, son of Micha and Hata
• Voice Part : tenor
• Setting : spring in a Bohemian village, Bohemia
• Range : E3 to G#/Ab4. Tessitura : F3 to F#/Gb4
• Synopsis : Vasek is upset because he cannot find the wonderful girl that he met earlier. She advised him against marrying Marenka, the wife that had been chosen for him, telling him that there is another girl that would be better for him. However, Vasek finds that he is obsessed with the unknown girl to the point where he cannot think of anything else. He does not know that the girl he talked to was actually Marenka.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50337 (English only, ask if any Czech editions are available). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.

Och, jaky zal!…Ten lásky sen (How can I live…How strange and dead is everything here)
      from Act III of the Czech opera, The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana
      Libretto : Karel Sabina

• Role : Marenka, daughter of Krusina and Ludmilla
• Voice Part : soprano
• Setting : spring in a Bohemian village, Bohemia
• Range : F4 to A6. Tessitura : G4 to F5
• Synopsis : Marenka believes that her love, Jenik, has betrayed her by selling the rights to marry her to another person. As it turns out, Jenik has actually sold the rights to marry Marenka to himself in order to legalize their relationship. However, he neglects to tell Marenka this and she feels completely betrayed. She still hasn't heard about it from Jenik himself so she hasn't completely given up on him. However, she still feels that her dream of living happily ever after has been completely crushed.
• Sound file : none
• Translation and/or Aria Text : none
• Recordings : Complete Opera  Excerpts from Opera
• Where to Find It : Score of opera - Classical Vocal Reprints, 1-800-298-7474., Catalog #50337 (English only, ask if any Czech editions are available). Buy vocal score online at Sheet Music Plus.