# The Bartered Bride discography

This list is a discography of The Bartered Bride (Czech:Prodaná nevěsta; German: Die verkaufte Braut) by Bedřich Smetana. The opera was first performed, in its original two-act format, at the Provisional Theatre, Prague, on 30 May 1866. After substantial revisions it was premiered in its extended three-act form at the Provisional Theatre on 25 September 1870.
The first complete recording of the opera was issued in 1933. Numerous recordings have since been made, in the original Czech language, in German and in English. The list includes both studio recordings and live performances, but not excerpts or highlights. "Year" refers to the year of the original recording; in the case of reissues, the Label and Catalogue No. generally relate to the most recent CD version. Unless stated otherwise, the language is Czech.

## Audio recordings

| Year | Cast (Mařenka, Jeník, Vašek, Kecal) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1933 | Ada Nordenová Vladimír Tomš Jaroslav Gleich Emil Pollert | Otakar Ostrčil Prague National Theatre orchestra and chorus His Master's Voice Cat: 8.110098-99 |
| 1937 | Hilda Burke Mario Chamlee George Rasely Louis D'Angelo | Wilfrid Pelletier Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in English) | Bensar Cat: OL 5837 |
| 1939 | Hilde Konetzni Richard Tauber Heinrich Tessmer Fritz Krenn | Thomas Beecham London Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Opera House chorus (sung in German) | Urania Cat: URN22286 |
| 1947 | Ludmila Červinková Beno Blachut Rudolf Vonásek Karel Kalaš | Karel Ančerl Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra Prague Radio Chorus | Opera d'Oro Cat: OPD1354 |
| 1949 | Elisabeta Shumilova Georgi Nelepp Anatole Orfenov Nicolai Shchelgolkov | Kiril Kondrashin Bolshoi Theatre orchestra and chorus (sung in Russian) | Concert Hall Cat: CHS1318 |
| 1951 | Traute Richter Sebastian Hauser Ralf Peters Kurt Böhme | Hans Lenzer Städische Oper Berlin orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | VOX OPX Cat:148/1-2 |
| 1952 | Milada Musilová [oc] Ivo Žídek Oldřich Kovář Karel Kalaš | Jaroslav Vogel Prague National Theatre orchestra and chorus | Supraphon Cat: SU 3980-2 |
| 1953 | Elfride Trötschel Richard Hol Willi Hofmann Georg Stern | Karl Elmendorff des Hessichen Rundfunks orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | Cantus Classics Cat: 500675 |
| 1954 | Elfride Trötschel Kurt Wolinsky Willy Müller Heinz Rehfuss | Walter Goehr Frankfurter Opernhaus orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | Gala Cat: GL100810 |
| 1955 | Erna Berger Rudolf Schock Hanns-Heinz Nissen Gottlob Frick | Wilhelm Schüchter Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie Chor des Landestheater Hannover (sung in German) | EMI Cat: 5 74270 2 9 |
| 1956 | Vilma Bukovec Miro Brajnik Janez Lipušček Ladko Korošec | Dimitrij Žebre Slovenian National Opera orchestra and chorus | Philips Cat: ABL3179-81 |
| 1959 | Drahomira Tikalová Ivo Žídek Oldřich Kovář Eduard Haken | Zdeněk Chalabala Prague National Theatre orchestra and chorus | Supraphon Cat: SU0040-2612 |
| 1962 | Pilar Lorengar Fritz Wunderlich Karl-Ernst Mercker Gottlob Frick | Rudolf Kempe Bamberger Symphoniker RIAS Kammerchor (sung in German) | EMI Cat: 81872 |
| | Anny Schlemm Rolf Apeck Harald Neukirch Theo Adam | Otmar Suitner Dresdner Staatsoper orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | Berlin Classics Cat: 0020402 |
| 1975 | Teresa Stratas René Kollo Heinz Zednik Walter Berry | Jaroslav Krombholc Münchner Rundfunkorchester Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks (sung in German) | RCA Cat: 74321 40576-2 |
| 1978 | Teresa Stratas Nicolai Gedda Jon Vickers Martti Talvela | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in English) | Bensar Cat: OL12278 |
| 1982 | Gabriela Beňačková Peter Dvorský Miroslav Kopp Richard Novák | Zdeněk Košler Czech Philharmonic & chorus | Supraphon Cat: SU3703-2 |
| 1999 | Oksana Krovytska Miroslav Dvorský John Cogram Jiří Sulženko | Zdeněk Mácal Opéra de Nancy orchestra and chorus | Celestial Audio Cat: CA003 |
| 2004 | Susan Gritton Paul Charles Clarke Timothy Robinson Peter Rose | Charles Mackerras Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Opera House chorus (sung in English) | Chandos Cat: CHAN3128 |
| 2008 | Christiane Oelze Aleš Briscein Christoph Homberger Franz Hawlata | Jiří Bělohlávek L'Opéra National de Paris orchestra and chorus | Premiere Opera Cat: CDNO3162-2 |

## Video recordings

| Year | Cast (Mařenka, Jeník, Vašek, Kecal) | Conductor, Opera house and orchestra | Label |
| 1932 | Jarmila Novotná Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender Paul Kemp Otto Wernicke | Theo Mackeben Unknown (sung in German) | VHS: Bel Canto Society Cat: 671 |
| 1957 | Elsie Morison Victor Franklin Raymond Macdonald Keith Nelson | Clive Douglas Victoria Symphony Orchestra Melbourne Singers (sung in English) | DVD: Premiere Opera Cat: 6241 |
| 1978 | Teresa Stratas Nicolai Gedda Jon Vickers Martti Talvela | James Levine Metropolitan Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in English) | DVD: The Met Cat: 811357013342 |
| 1982 | Gabriela Beňačková Peter Dvorský Miroslav Kapp Richard Novák | Zdeněk Košler Czech Philharmonic orchestra and chorus | DVD: Supraphon Cat: 7011-9 |
| | Lucia Popp Siegfried Jerusalem Heinz Zednik Karl Ridderbusch | Ádám Fischer Vienna State Opera orchestra and chorus (sung in German) | DVD: Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 001005109 |
| 1998 | Soile Isokoski Jorma Silvasti Ian Bostridge Franz Hawlata | Bernard Haitink Royal Opera House orchestra and chorus | DVD: Royal Opera Cat: 438 |