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''The Two Widows'' () is a two-act Czech opera by Bedřich Smetana based on the libretto of Emanuel Züngel. The libretto is based on Jean Pierre Felicien Mallefille's one-act play "Les deux veuves." The opera was composed between June 1873 and January 1874, and its premiere took place on 27 March 1874 at the Prague Czech Theatre under the direction of Smetana. However, this premiere was not successful and the opera was rewritten in 1874. The spoken dialogue was replaced by through-composed recitatives〔Holden p. 860〕 and some of the music and characters were reworked. The second premiere on 20 October 1874 was very successful. A further revised version was premiered on 17 March 1878, under Adolf Čech. For a later performance in Hamburg in 1882 "Smetena reluctan()ly added a trio in act 1 and an alternative ending to Agnes' aria in act 2, and consented to a redivision of the opera into three acts"〔 ==Performance history== The US premiere took place in New York on 23 October 1949 and it was first given in the UK on 17 June 1963 at the Guildhall School of Music.〔 Kurt Honolka provided a German version in 1958. The opera was presented by Scottish Opera in 2008 at the Edinburgh Festival.〔Reynolds, Mike ("Smetena: ''The Two Widows'' ) (review with photos) on musicalcriticism.com Retrieved 4 March 2012〕 〔Jeal, Erica, ( "Edinburgh festival: ''The Two Widows''" ), review of the performance in ''The Guardian'' (London), 11 August 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2012〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Two Widows」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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