For the Year of Czech Music and for the 150th anniversary of the death of the Czech composer Vilem Blodek, Supraphon has prepared a real treat for opera lovers in the form of the 1959 stereo recording of the opera In the Well (V studni), never before released on any physical medium. The recording was released briefly in the first half of the 1960s on LP records, but only in a mono- phonic version. After that, it disappeared from the catalogue for several deca- des. Only now, nearly 66 years since the recording was made and after careful restoration of the sound from the original tapes, this rarity from the early days of stereophonic recording technology is being released in all of it’s original sonic glory. The soloists were Milada Subrtova, Stepanka Stepanova, Ivo Zidek, and Zdenek Kroupa. The chorus and orchestra of the Prague National Theatre were conducted by Frantisek Skvor in his only complete operatic recording in the Supraphon catalogue. At the same time, this release also commemorates the recent 100th anniversary of the birth of Milada Subrtova, a singer at the Prague National Theatre. On CD for the first time in the original stereophonic version

Tracklist:

1. V studni (In the Well)~Predehra (Overture)
2. V studni (In the Well)~
3. Vystup / Scene 1: Introdukce. Aj, zly to cas? (Introduction. Oh, times are hard now)
4. V studni (In the Well)~
5. Vystup / Scene 2: Aj, co sem vede Lidunku? (So what did you come for, Lidunka?)
6. V studni (In the Well)~
7. Vystup / Scene 2: A co ti o mne pravili (What they told you about me)
8. V studni (In the Well)~
9. Vystup / Scene 2: Mlad lska, to je rj (Young love that’s a paradise)
10. V studni (In the Well)~
11. Vystup / Scene 3: Dnes svatojansky vecer je (It’s St John’s Eve today)
12. V studni (In the Well)~
13. Vystup / Scene 3: Jiz na hory vystoup vecern zr (The evening light rises in the mountains)
14. V studni (In the Well)~
15. Vystup / Scene 4: Chce videt v studni tvr (She want to see the face)
16. V studni (In the Well)~
17. Vystup / Scene 5: Aj, to bude svanda! (This is going to be fun)
18. V studni (In the Well)~
19. Vystup / Scene 6: Vychod slunce (Moonrise (Intermezzo))
20. V studni (In the Well)~
21. Vystup / Scene 7: Svatojansk ohne rozzeme po horch (We’ll light the St John’s fires on the mountains)
22. V studni (In the Well)~
23. Vystup / Scene 7: My tady pockme (We shall wait here)
24. V studni (In the Well)~
25. Vystup / Scene 7: Zaplme si po horch hranice veliknsk (We shall light the great bonfires on the montains)
26. V studni (In the Well)~
27. Vystup / Scene 8: Aj, jdete jen, jdete jen, jdete jen (Oh, just go, just go, just go)
28. V studni (In the Well)~
29. Vystup / Scene 9: Ty zlat, zlat Veruno (Golden, golden Veruna)
30. V studni (In the Well)~1
31. Vystup / Scene 10: Svatojansk ohne hor (St John’s fires glow)
32. V studni (In the Well)~1
33. Vystup / Scene 10: Volm v hje, v lesy (I call in the holts and forests)
34. V studni (In the Well)~1
35. Vystup / Scene 10: Dlouho jsem jiz cekala (I have been waiting for a long time)
36. V studni (In the Well)~1
37. Vystup / Scene 11: Finale ‘Svatojansk ohne zr (St John’s fires glow)
38. V studni (In the Well)~1
39. Vystup / Scene 11: Beda! Beda! Tot cert! (Woe! Woe! It’s the devil!)
40. V studni (In the Well)~1
41. Vystup / Scene 11: My si spolu rozumme (We understand one another)
42. V studni (In the Well)~1
43. Vystup / Scene 11: Zaplme si po horch hranice veliknsk (We shall light the great bonfires on the mountains)

UPC: 099925434120
Label: Supraphon
Release Date: 4.25.25
Format: CD