The Two Widows, JB 1:108

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Orchestr Národního divadla & František Jílek

The Two Widows is a comic opera by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, first performed in 1874. Musically it combines light, lyrical melodies and ensemble writing rooted in Czech folk-influenced Romanticism and marks a later-stage engagement with comic opera within Smetana's output following his earlier nationalistic works.

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  1. 1.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108: “Overture”
    6:22
  2. 2.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 1: “A Fine Morning” (Karolina)
    4:18
  3. 3.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 2: “Oh, Good Morning, Dear Causin!” (Karolina, Anežka)
    0:57
  4. 4.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I: “I Rule Independently” (Karolina)
    3:59
  5. 5.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I: “Well Then, What Would You Have Me Do?” (Karolina, Anežka)
    0:46
  6. 6.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 3: “Good Morning, Gracious Lady!” (Karolina, Mumlal)
    3:07
  7. 7.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 3: “Our Good and Gracious Lady Feels Sympathy for Poachers” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal)
    5:04
  8. 8.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 3: “His Only Redeeming Grace Is That He Misses Everything!” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal)
    1:50
  9. 9.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 4: “If He Brings Here Now, What Then?” (Karolina, Anežka)
    0:36
  10. 10.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 5: “Will I Wander Here Long” (Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    4:51
  11. 11.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 6: “Everything Is in Order, Gracious Lady” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal)
    1:32
  12. 12.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 7: “The Prisoner Is at the Door!” (Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal, Karolina, Anežka)
    3:45
  13. 13.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 7: “My ladies, I beg your forgiveness!” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    5:36
  14. 14.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 7: “What Do You Want?” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    2:16
  15. 15.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I, Scene 7: “You Little Beast” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    6:07
  16. 16.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act I: “Look, Mumlal, We´ve Got You Here… Divine Love, a True Gift” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal, Toník, Lidunka)
    4:43
  17. 17.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II: “Overture II”
    2:19
  18. 18.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 1: “When May Comes Calling” (Ladislav Podhájský)
    2:19
  19. 19.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 1: “Fine Idea Keeping That Man Here” (Karolina, Anežka, Mumlal)
    2:09
  20. 20.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 2: “There Is No More Doubt… Decided, Finished” (Karolina, Anežka)
    7:36
  21. 21.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 3: “A Poem!” (Anežka)
    1:33
  22. 22.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 3: “Do You Want to Keep Fleeing from Me” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský)
    1:23
  23. 23.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 3: “Ah, How Cruelly My Feigned Resistance” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský)
    2:09
  24. 24.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II: “What Do You Want to Tell Me?” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský)
    5:24
  25. 25.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 3: “But That Was Not in the Letter, Sir” (Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský)
    2:29
  26. 26.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 4: “Halt, Sir!” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský)
    2:37
  27. 27.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 5: “They Are Leaving Together to Have Fun” (Anežka)
    4:35
  28. 28.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 5: “Oh, What a Beautiful Day” (Anežka)
    3:50
  29. 29.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 6: “Fine! Wonderful!” (Anežka, Mumlal)
    1:24
  30. 30.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 6: “When Anything at All Bothers Me” (Mumlal)
    3:27
  31. 31.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 6: “My Beloved, Worthy Friend” (Anežka, Mumlal)
    0:42
  32. 32.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 7: “What´s This, Girl, What’s This?” (Mumlal, Toník, Lidunka)
    4:02
  33. 33.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 8: “Mumlal, Go and Grumble Like a Bear” (Karolina, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    4:22
  34. 34.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 9: “Oh! Ah, What a Surprise” (Karolina, Anežka, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    4:54
  35. 35.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II, Scene 9: “Gracious Lady!” (Karolina, Ladislav Podhájský, Mumlal)
    4:58
  36. 36.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II: “I Hereby Bring the Glorious News” (Karolina, Mumlal)
    0:31
  37. 37.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II: “The Lord God Must Love Us” (Karolina)
    2:06
  38. 38.
    Two Widows, JB 1:108, Act II: “Polka (dance) - The Lord God Must Love Us”
    4:09

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