Vanda (opera)

Vanda
Tragic Opera by Antonín Dvořák
Picture of Maksymilian Piotrowski Tod of Wanda
Native title
Vanda
Other titleWanda (GE)
LibrettistVáclav Beneš Šumavský František Zákrejs
LanguageCzech
Based onJulian Surzycki (?)
Premiere
17 April 1876 (1876-04-17)
Prozatimní Divadlo (Provisional Theatre), Prague
"Prozatimní divadlo" (Provisional Theatre), site of the opera's premiere

Translated from the Czech version of wikipedia Vanda (opera).

Vanda is an early opera by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák (1841–⁠⁠⁠1904) about the legendary Polish (Cracow) princess Vanda, which was literaryised in the movement of the national revival by Julian Surzycki (18201882) from Warsaw, a Polish national awakener, politician, civil engineer and occasional poet. His book was translated from the Polish by Václav Beneš Šumavský and adapted to libretto together with František Zákrejs in 1875. The premiere took place on 17 April 1876 at the "Prozatimní divadlo" ("Provisional Theatre") in Prague.