CD 1[01] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) - LE NOZZE DI FIGARO / THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO / FIGAROVA SVATBA*Hai gia vinta la causa! / Ze vyhrali jste proces? (Count / Hrabe - Act III) 5:05
Orchestra of the Smetana Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Robert Brock
Recorded: 26.9.1954, Cs. rozhlas Praha[02] Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA / THE BARBER OF SEVILLE / LAZEBNIK SEVILLSKY *Laranlalera... Largo al factotum / Lalalalera Ja dusi celeho mesta jsem (Figaro - Act I) 4:29
Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk
Recorded: 14.8.1953, Cs. rozhlas Praha[03] Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA / THE BARBER OF SEVILLE / LAZEBNIK SEVILLSKY *Dunque io son / Tedy ja... zda je to pravda? (Rosina, Figaro - Act I) 4:25
& Maria Tauberova - Soprano, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht
Recorded: 8.2.1952, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[04] Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - GUILLAUME TELL / WILLIAM TELL / VILEM TELL *Resta immobile / Klekni blize, muzne vzhledni (Tell - Act III) 3:04
Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Josef Blacky
Recorded: 28.1.1954, Cs. rozhlas Praha[05] Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - DON PASQUALE *Pronto io son / Ja rada jsem (Norina, dr. Malatesta - Act I, Scene II) 6:38
& Maria Tauberova - Soprano, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht
Recorded: 1.3.1952, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[06] Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) - DON PASQUALE *Cheti, cheti, immantinente / Do zahrady sestoupime(Don Pasquale, Malatesta - Act III, Scene I) 6:51
& Karel Berman - Bass, Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk
Recorded: 18.3.1954, Cs. rozhlas Praha[07] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - RIGOLETTO *Cortigiani, vil razza dannata / Chasko z pekla! Kdo by z vas, pani, dite mi vratil? (Rigoletto - Act II) 5:13
Symphonic Orchestra of the Czechoslovakian Radio in Prague, Conductor: Jiri Starek
Recorded: 8.11.1967, Cs. rozhlas Praha[08] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - RIGOLETTO *Tutte le feste al tempio / Poznala jsem ho v chrame (Rigoletto, Gilda - Act II) 6:51
& Maria Tauberova - Soprano, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht
Recorded: 1.3.1952, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[09] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - RIGOLETTO *No, vecchio, t'inganni... Si, vendetta / Ty mylis se, starce Zast, jen zast (Rigoletto, Gilda - Act II) 2:24
& Maria Tauberova - Soprano, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht
Recorded: 1.3.1952, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[10] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - IL TROVATORE / THE TROUBADOUR / TRUBADUR *Tutto c deserto... Il balen del suo sorriso / Zde kol je ticho Oci jeji jasna zare (Count Luna / hrabe Luna - Act II / 2. dejstvi) 5:24
Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Recorded: Obecni dum, Smetanova sin, zive 4.5.1954 - Nahravka Cs. rozhlasu Praha[11] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - IL TROVATORE / THE TROUBADOUR / TRUBADUR *Udiste? Come albeggi, la scure al figlio / O slyste, mecem on zhyne zitra z rana (Count Luna / Hrabe Luna, Leonora - Act IV /4.dejstvi) 6:54
& Ludmila Dvorakova - Soprano, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Recorded: Obecni dum, Smetanova sin, zive 4.5.1954 - Nahravka Cs. rozhlasu Praha[12] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - LA TRAVIATA *Di Provenza il mar, il suol / Coz te draha otcina vic nevabi (Germont - Act II) 5:37
Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Recorded: Obecni dum, Smetanova sin, zive 24.9.1955 - Nahravka Cs. rozhlasu Praha[13] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - UN BALLO IN MASCHERA / A MASKED BALL / MASKARNI PLES *Eri tu / Tys to byl (Renato - Act III, Scene I) 4:50
Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Recorded: Obecni dum, Smetanova sin, zive 24.9.1955 - Nahravka Cs. rozhlasu Praha[14] Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - OTELLO / OTHELLO *Vanne...Credo in un Dio crudel / Vejdi! Zhouby tve propast merim Ja v Boha viru mam [Credo] (Iago / Jago - Act II) 6:00
Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk
Recorded: 27.2.1953, Cs. rozhlas PrahaCD 2[01] Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) - I PAGLIACCI / KOMEDIANTI *Si puo? / Zda smim? - (Tonio - Prolog) 4:48
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht
Recorded: 1.3.1952, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[02] Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) - TOSCA *Tre sbirri, una carrozza / Tri muze, vezme se povoz [Te Deum](Baron Scarpia, Spoletta, Chorus - Act I) 4:03& Antonin Votava - Tenor, Orchestra of the Smetana Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Josef Bartl
Recorded: 17.5.1966, Smetanovo divadlo v Praze - Nahravka Cs. rozhlasu Praha[03] Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Petr Iljic Cajkovskij (1840-1893)
EUGENE ONEGIN / EVZEN ONEGIN *Vy mne pisali / Vy jste mi psala (Onegin / Onegin, Tatyana / Tatjana - Act I) 4:51
Ludmila Cervinkova - Soprano, Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Josef Blacky
Recorded: 28.1.1954, Cs. rozhlas Praha[04] Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Petr Iljic Cajkovskij (1840-1893) - EUGENE ONEGIN / EVZEN ONEGIN *Ja platchu... Platchte / Ja placu Placte(Tatyana / Tatjana, Onegin / Onegin - Act III, Scene II) 6:12
Ludmila Dvorakova - Soprano, Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Recorded: Obecni dum, Smetanova sin, zive 4.5.1954 - Nahravka Cs. rozhlasu Praha[05] Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - BRANIBORI V CECHACH / THE BRANDENBURGERS IN BOHEMIA
Libretto / Libreto: Karel Sabina
U sta hromu O, kez bych nikdy z cesty prave se na krok byl nevysinul Tvuj obraz divko Los je hozen / Hell and thunder!... Oh, had I
not strayed, had I not left the rightful path... Your image, girl(Jan Tausendmark - Act III, Scene I) 5:22
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor / dirigent: Jan Hus Tichy
Recorded: 19.2.-16.3.1963, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[06] Bedfiich Smetana (1824-1884) - TAJEMSTVI / THE SECRET
Libretto / Libreto: Eliska Krasnohorska
Jsem zebrak! Po usi az zadluzen! / I am a pauper, up to my ears in debt! (Kalina - Act II, Scene I.) 5:16
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Jaroslav Krombholc
Recorded: 6.3.1945, Cs. rozhlas Praha[07] Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - ARMIDA
Libretto / Libreto: Jaroslav Vrchlicky
Na prahu desnych pousti / At the edge of horrid desert (Ismen - Act III, Scene II) 3:19
The Symphonic Orchestra of the Radio Prague, Conductor: Vaclav Jiracek

Recorded: 6.12.1956, Cs. rozhlas Praha[08] Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) - NEVESTA MESSINSKA / THE BRIDE OF MESSINA
Libretto / Libreto: Otakar HostinskyPet mesicu jiz tomu / It is now five months (Don Manuel - Act I) 4:09
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Jaroslav Krombholc
Recorded: 1950, Studio Domovina, Praha - Supraphon, a.s.
[09] Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) - BOURE / THE TEMPEST
Libretto / Libreto: Jaroslav Vrchlicky
Tak, ostrove muj, sbohem bud! / Good-bye, my isle! (Prospero, Chorus / sbor - Act III) 8:55
Mixed Choir of the Czechoslovakian Radio in Prague, Chorus Master: Jiri Pinkas, st., Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek
Dyk
Recorded: 30.6.1952, Cs. rozhlas Praha[10] Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) - HEDY
Libretto / Libreto: Anezka Schulzova
Jsem-li hricka moci pekla / Am I a toy in the clutches of hell? (Lambro - Act III) 6:48
The Symphonic Orchestra of the Czechoslovakian Radio in Prague, Conductor: Jiri Starek
Recorded: 8.11.1967, Cs. rozhlas Praha[11] Karel Kovarovic (1862-1920) - PSOHLAVCI / THE DOGHEADS
Libretto / Libreto: Karel Sipek
Vas v ruce mam / I hold in my hand what I have longed for (Laminger - Act II, Scene I) 4:06
Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk
Recorded: 16.11.-1.12.1961, Cs. rozhlas Praha[12] Karel Kovarovic (1862-1920) - PSOHLAVCI / THE DOGHEADS
Libretto / Libreto: Karel Sipek
To stalo potu, tu selskou rotu nez-li jsem zkrotil / It took a lot of sweat, that peasant horde to bring to heel (Laminger, Catherine /Katerina, Kozina - Act III, The End of Opera) 5:43
& Ivana Mixova - Mezzo-soprano, Beno Blachut - Tenor, Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk
Recorded: 16.11.-1.12.1961, Cs. rozhlas Praha[13] Vitezslav Novak (1870-1949) - KARLSTEJN
Libretto / Libreto: Otokar Fischer
Je-li nutno, pane vevodo / If needs be, Duke (Karel IV. - Act III) 5:51
The Symphonic Orchestra of the Czechoslovakian Radio in Prague, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Recorded: 13.10.1956, Cs. rozhlas Praha[14] Isa Krejci (1904-1968) - POZDVIZENI V EFESU / THE UPHEAVAL IN EPHESUS
Libretto / Libreto: Josef Bachtik
Co laska je? Co o ni vis? / What do you know about what love is?

(Antipholus of Syracuse / Antifolus Syrakusky - Act I, Scene IV) 3:20
The Symphonic Orchestra of the Radio Prague, Conductor: Isa Krejci
Recorded: 22.2.1945, Cs. rozhlas Praha

DVD
Zdenek Otava - The Profile of Singer / Profil pevce
Chapter 1: Opening titles +Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - RIGOLETTO *Cortigiani, vil razza dannata / Chasko z pekla! Kdo by z vas, pani, dite mi vratil? (Rigoletto - Act II)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht Recorded approximately: 1963
Chapter 2: Commentary I. +Jifii Srnka (1907-1982) - Pijacka z filmu "Okouzlena" / Drinking Song from the movie "The Bewitched Woman" (1942)
Directed by / rezie: Otakar Vavra
Chapter / Kapitola 3:
Leos Janacek (1854-1928) - VEC MAKROPULOS / THE MAKROPULOS CASE
Libretto / Libretto: Leos Janacek
Konecne!... Dovolte mi drive otazku / At last!... Allow me a question first (Emilia Marty, Baron Jaroslav Prus - Act II)& Nadezda Kniplova - Soprano (Played by: Vlasta Fialova)
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Conductor: Vaclav Neumann
Directed by: Vaclav Kaslik Recorded: 1966
+ Commentary II.
Chapter / Kapitola 4:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA / THE BARBER OF SEVILLE / LAZEBNIK SEVILLSKY *Laranlalera... Largo al factotum / Lalalalera Ja dusi celeho mesta jsem (Figaro - Act I)
Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk
Recorded: 1960
+ Commentary III.
Chapter 5:
Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - TAJEMSTVI / THE SECRET
Libretto / Libreto: Eliska Krasnohorska
Jsem zebrak! Po usi az zadluzen! / I am a pauper, up to my ears in debt!
(Kalina - Act II, Scene I)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Jaroslav Krombholc Directed by: Jaroslav Beranek Recorded: 1960
+ Commentary IV.
Chapter 6:
Bedfiich Smetana (1824-1884) - BRANIBORI V CECHACH / THE BRANDENBURGERS IN BOHEMIA
Libretto / Libreto: Karel SabinaO, kez bych nikdy z cesty prave se na krok byl nevysinul Tvuj obraz divko / Oh, had I not strayed, had I not left the rightful path ...
Your image, girl (Jan Tausendmark - Act III, Scene I)
Prague Radio Orchestra, Conductor: Frantisek Dyk

Directed by: Jiri Jahn Recorded: 1960
+ Commentary V.
Chapter 7:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) - IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA / THE BARBER OF SEVILLE / LAZEBNIK SEVILLSKY *Laranlalera... Largo al factotum / Lalalalera Ja dusi celeho mesta jsem (Figaro - Act I)
With Piano. Recorded: 1972
Chapter 8: Meeting with Nadezda Kniplova+ Giacomo Puccini: Tosca - Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore
Chapter 9:
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - MAJ / MAY, op.159
End of the cantata to words by Karel Hynek Macha
Prague Radio Orchestra and Chorus, Conductor: Metod Dolezil Recorded approximately: 1939
+ Komentar VI.
Chapter 10:
Jifii Srnka (1907-1982) - Pijacka / Drinking Song
Recorded: 1972

AUDIO BONUSES on DVD: Opera Arias Total Time: 47:311) Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - DALIBOR
German Libretto / nemecke libreto: Josef Wenzig,
Czech Translation / cesky preklad: Ervin Spindler
Krasny to cil (King / Kral Vladislav - Act III, Scene II)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Frantisek Skvor
Esta, Matrice 4389A, Katalog: M 5114
Recorded: 14.1.1944, Studio Domovina, Praha2) Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - LIBUSE
German Libretto/nemecke libreto: Josef Wenzig,
Czech Translation/cesky preklad: Ervin SpindlerO, vy lipy (Premysl - Act II, Scene IV)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Frantisek Skvor
Esta, Matrice 4388B, Katalog: M 5114
Recorded: 14.1.1944, Studio Domovina, Praha
3) Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884) - HUBICKA / THE KISS
Libretto / Libreto: Eliska Krasnohorska
Jen odpros ji (Tomes, Lukas - Act II, Scene III)with Jaroslav Gleich - Tenor

Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Rudolf Vasata
Ultraphon, Matrice 042895, Katalog: G 12715
Recorded: 17.10.1940, Studio Domovina, Praha
4) Bedrich Smetana (1814-1884) - CERTOVA STENA / THE DEVIL'S WALL
Libretto: Eliska Krasnohorska
Jen jedina mne zeny krasna tvar tak dojala (Vok - Act I, Scene VI)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Frantisek Skvor
Esta, Matrice 4391 B, Katalog: H 5115
Recorded: 14.1.1944, Studio Domovina, Praha
5) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - SELMA SEDLaK / THE CUNNING PEASANT
Libretto / Libreto: Josef Otakar Vesely
Kdo jest, jenz slovy vypovi (Prince / knize - 1. dejstvi)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Frantisek Skvor
Esta, Matrice 4455A, Katalog: H 5116
Recorded: 1944, Studio Domovina, Praha6) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - JAKOBIN / THE JACOBIN
Libretto / Libreto: Marie Cervinkova-Riegrova
My cizinou jsme bloudili (Bohus of / z Harasova, Julie - Act II, Scene)with Stepanka Jelinkova - Soprano, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Frantisek Skvor
Esta, Matrice 4453A, Katalog: H 5116
Recorded: 1944, Studio Domovina, Praha7) Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - DEBORA / DEBORAH
Libretto / Libreto: Jaroslav Kvapil
Co je to se mnou? O, Deboro O, stuj a nejdi ve chram dal!
(Josef, Debora - Act I, Finale)
Zdenka Hrncirova - Soprano, Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Karel Nedbal
Supraphon, Matrice 046113-114, Katalog: 1732)
Recorded: 1.4.1949, Studio Domovina, Praha
8) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky / Petr Iljic Cajkovskij (1840-1893) - EUGENE ONEGIN / EVZEN ONEGIN *Vy jste mi psala, jak mozno verit? (Evzen Onegin - Act I, Scene II)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Frantisek Skvor
Esta, Matrice 4960A, Katalog: H 5190
Recorded: 21.11.1945, Studio Domovina, Praha
9) Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) - RIGOLETTO *Jsme si rovni (Rigoletto - Act I, Scene II)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht

Supraphon, Matrice 048389, Katalog: 17028-V
Recorded: 23.2.1952, Studio Domovina, Praha
10) Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - CARMEN *Na zdravi i ja vam chci piti (Escamillo - Act II - No. 14)
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague, Conductor: Zdenek Folprecht
Ultraphon, Matrice 043406, Katalog: G 12711
Recorded: 17.12.1941, Studio Domovina, Praha

SONGS / PiSNE (1953-1968)
1) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - BIBLICKE PISNE / BIBLICAL SONGS, op. 99 B 185 (31:17) na slova Bible kralicke / on texts
from the Book of Psalms taken from the Czech Bible of Kralice
1. Oblak a mrakota / Darkness and thunderclouds are round about Him (2:51)
2. Skryse ma a paveza ma / Lord my shield, my refuge and hope (2:26)
3. Slys, o Boze, slys modlitbu mou / Hear, oh hear my prayer, Lord my God (3:49)
4. Hospodin jest muj pastyr / Oh, my shepherd is the Lord (3:21)
5. Boze, Boze, pisen novou / Songs of gladness will I sing Thee (3:37)
6. Slys, o Boze, volani me / Hear, oh Lord, my bitter cry (3:30)
7. Pri rekach babylonskych / By the shore of the river Babylon (3:19)
8. Popatriz na mne / Oh, Lord, have mercy and turn Thou Thy face to me (4:07)
9. Pozdvihuji oci svych k horam / My eyes will I to the hills lift up (2:15)
10. Zpivejte Hospodinu pisen novou / Oh, sing unto the Lord a joyful song (1:57)
Ferdinand Pohlreich - Piano
Recorded / nahrano: 14.-18. 06. 1968, Cs. rozhlas Praha
2) Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - TRI NOVORECKe BASNE / THREE MODERN GREEK POEMS, op. 50 B 84a (16:45) na slova
recke lidove poezie / to texts of Modern Greek folk poetry. Czech Translation / cesky preklad: Vaclav Bolemir Nebesky
1. Koljas (4:52)
2. Nereidy / Nereids (6:25)
3. Zalozpev Pargy / Elegy of Parga (5:27)
Ferdinand Pohlreich - Piano
Recorded: 28.12.1954, Cs. rozhlas Praha
3) Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859-1951) - PET PISNI VE SLOHU NARODNIM / FIVE SONGS IN FOLK STYLE, op. 2 (11:28) naslova lidove poezie / to folk texts
1. Na tej nasej strese / Up on our roof (0:54)
2. Rosto, rosto konope za cesto / Hemp-nettle by the road (2:13)
3. Proc kalino v struze stojis? / Guelder rose in a ditch (5:46)
4. Rozmaryn / Rosemary (1:01)

5. Devecka chudobna / The poor girl (1:32)
Alfred Holecek - Piano
Recorded: 11.3.1954, Cs. rozhlas Praha
4) Ladislav Vycpalek (1882-1969) - MORAVSKE BALLADY / MORAVIAN BALLADS, op. 12 (27:12) na slova moravske lidove
poezie / to folk texts
1. Vydala mati, vydala ceru / She married her daughter off (5:00)
2. Putovali hudci / Musicians on the road (7:32)
3. Vandroval mladzenec / A young man on the road (4:33)
4. Byla jedna, byla / There was an old woman (4:00)
5. Stoji Jano pri potoce / Jano is by the stream (6:05)
Alfred Holecek - Piano
Recorded: 14. 02. 1952, Cs. rozhlas Praha
5) Vaclav Juda Novotny (1849-1922) - CTVERO PISNI / FOUR SONGS, op.3, No. 4
words: Jan Neruda
Jako do skoku / Like a skip and a jump (4:54)
Alfred Holecek - Piano
Recorded: 4.12.1953, Studio Domovina - Supraphon, a.s.

* sung in Czech (in Czech translation)