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Dvorak the Opera Man |
| Section: THE ARTS / MUSIC |
| Author: Lawrence O'Toole |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 9/1/1991 |
| Size: 1,021 Words, 6,001 Characters |
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Antonin Dvorak, born 150 years ago this month, is best known as the composer of the New World Symphony and the American String Quartet. Consequently, he is assumed by many people to have been American, though he was actually as Czechoslovakian as Prague's Charles Bridge. Another assumption is that Dvorak wrote only orchestral music, which is definitely untrue.
The great melodist also wrote opera, the best known among cognoscenti outside Czechoslovakia being the gorgeous fairy tale Rusalka. Within Czechoslovakia, however, and specifically in Prague, Dvorak operas such as The Jacobin, Armi...
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...iling are Frantisek Zenisek's eight allegories of the arts, such as Music and Dance. Since there are 1,598 seats, the National has what so many modern theaters do not: a sense of intimacy.
The National Theater is nothing less than a jewel box for the considerable treasures of the Czech operatic stage--a home for a tradition. Dvorak, Smetana, and Janacek must be happy, wherever they are.
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