Alfred (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák

Operas Alfred (1870) King and Charcoal Burner (1874) The Stubborn Lovers (1874) Vanda (1875) The Cunning Peasant (1877) Dimitrij (1882) The Jacobin (1887) The Devil and Kate (1898) Rusalka (1901) Armida (1904)

Alfred is a heroic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. It was Dvořák's first opera and the only one he composed to a German text. The libretto, by Carl Theodor Körner, had already been set by Friedrich von Flotow (as Alfred der Große) and is based on the story of the English king Alfred the Great. Composed in 1870, Alfred was never performed during Dvořák's lifetime. It received its premiere (in Czech translation) at the City Theatre, Olomouc on 10 December 1938.

The opera was performed for the first time with its original German libretto on 17 September 2014, in Prague.^[1]

Recordings

Alfred - Petra Froese (Alvina, soprano), Ferdinand von Bothmer (Harald, tenor), Felix Rumpf (Alfred, baritone), Jörg Sabrowski (Gothron, baritone), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Heiko Mathias Förster. ArcoDiva 2014

References

↑ Fraňková, Ruth (18 September 2014). "First opera by Antonín Dvořák premiered in Prague". Radio Prague. Retrieved 16 November 2014.

Source

Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-14-029312-4

External links

"Alfred": Comprehensive overview of the opera on antonin-dvorak.cz
Alfred (Dvořák): Scores at the International Music Score Library Project

String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in A major String Quartet No. 2 in B♭ major String Quartet No. 3 in D major String Quartet No. 4 in E minor String Quartet No. 5 in F minor No. 6 in A minor, Op. 12, B. 40 Andante appassionato in F major B.40a No. 7 in A minor, Op. 16, B. 45 String Quartet No. 8 in E major No. 9 in D minor, Op. 34, B. 75 String Quartet No. 10 in E♭ major (Slavonic) String Quartet movement in F major String Quartet No. 11 in C major String Quartet No. 12 in F major (American) String Quartet No. 13 in G major String Quartet No. 14 in A♭ major Cypresses quartet (Dvořák)

Other	Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor (Dumky) Romantic Pieces Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments Silent Woods Sonatina in G major String Quintet No. 2 in G major String Quintet No. 3 in E♭ major (American) String Sextet in A major Terzetto in C

Piano music

Named for Dvořák

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