What opera fan doesn't know the famous opera arias "Our True Love", "Make Up Your Mind, Mařenka" or "I Know a Maiden Fair", ageless classics from that treasure of Czech opera, Bedřich Smetana's The Bartered Bride? These outstanding vocal and musical talents featuring world-renowned singers Gabriela Beňačková as Mařenka, Peter Dvorský as Jeník, and Richard Novák as Kecal, as well as brilliant performances by the Czech Philharmonic and the Prague Philharmonic Chorus, conducted by Zdeněk Košler became the basis for this 1981 television production directed by František Filip. We are pleased to bring this version, in which the featured singers also play their roles, to the modern audience.

Smetana, Bedřich	author
Filip, František	director
Beňačková, Gabriela	music
Dvorský, Peter	vocals
Košler, Zdeněk	conductor