The Devil and Kate
The Devil and Kate
The Devil and Kate
The Devil and Kate
The Devil and Kate
The Devil and Kate
The Devil and Kate

The Devil and Kate

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Length
165 min
Director
Marián Chudovský
Language
English friendly
Release
21. 9. 2003
Author
Antonín Dvořák
Cast

Aleš Briscein / Richard Samek, Jana Kurucová / Michaela Zajmi, Daniel Čapkovič / František Zahradníček, Maria Kobielska / Dana Burešová, Yvona Škvárová / Jana Sýkorová, Zdeněk Plech / Jiří Sulženko

Antonín Dvořák’s two most successful operas, The Devil and Kate, and Rusalka, are based on fairy-tale motifs. Blending folk and humorous with lyrical and fantasy elements is one of the typical (and still very popular) traits of Czech dramatic creation. The theme of this charming fairy-tale opera is taken over from Božena Němcová’s folk tale of the same name about the brazen and fearless Kate, the wily shepherd Jirka and the duped devil Marbuel. Dvořák created a masterly patchwork of contrasting scenes – folksy, breezy, fiendishly fervent and courtly noble. Adolf Born’s exquisite sets and costumes bear the hallmark of this original and popular artist.

The opera is staged in Czech original version and English surtitles are used in the performance.

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