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Libuše is a '"festival opera" in three acts, with music by Bedřich Smetana. The libretto was originally written in German by Josef Wenzig, and was then translated into Czech by Ervin Špindler. In Czech historical myth, Libuše, the title character, prophesied the founding of Prague. The opera was composed in 1871-1872 for the opening of the National Theatre in Prague, which took place nine years later in 1881. After the destruction of the National Theatre in a fire, the same opera opened the...
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