Smetana's Bartered Bride depicts the state of emergency into which an entire Czech village is plunged during the fair and the seemingly hopeless struggle of a young woman for her seemingly betrayed and sold love. The utopian counter-world of a traveling circus holds up a mirror to the villagers' desires, their dependencies, fears and hopes.

Die verkaufte Braut (Prodaná Nevěsta)

Vienna State Opera

Great Italian drama! A stage full of "real life", with artificially created, convincing reality: sobbing, wheezing, crying, transformation, exhaustion, garnished with a sugary-sweet "bell choir" and a real fight for the best view of the village theater, which becomes the scene of a bloody tragedy. Pagliacci is a big, glittering, shimmering, escalating show that piles up all the advantages of Italian opera - until at the end everything collapses and only one thing remains: the unvarnished finale. And you never know how close it comes to real life.

Annika Dickel

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Sep 25, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026

Die verkaufte Braut (Prodaná Nevěsta) · Wiener Staatsoper

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Sep 25, 2025 - Mar 31, 2026

Die verkaufte Braut (Prodaná Nevěsta) · Wiener Staatsoper

11 - 19 Jan, 2025

The Bajazzo · Staatstheater Hannover

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