Album 1984 on Supraphon label
Classical (Romantic, Opera)
Recording ℗ 1984, made between September and December 1982 in Studio 1, Prague Radio. Foerster's opera is based on Gabriela Preissová's play Gazdina roba (The Innkeeper's Daughter). The 80-page accompanying booklet includes the libretto, a commentary and the recording artists' biographies, translated into English, German and French. It also contains numerous photographs and other illustrations relating to Foerster's life, the opera's première and its performance history. There is a full list, in Czech and English only, of productions, recordings and broadcasts of Eva, compiled by Jan Králík, who also selected the photographs. The latter are credited to the Central Archives of the National Theatre, to private archives, and to the tenor and theatre photographer Jaromír Svoboda (1917-1992). A number of copyrighted credits given at the end of the booklet are © 1984. These include "graphical arrangement" (Ivanka Zichová); "interpreters' photos" (Pavel Dosoudil, Pavel Horník); "commentary" (Eva Hermannová); "interpreter's [sic] biographies" (Králík); "translations" (Bedřiška Adamičková, Hana Tomková, Helena Pospíšilová, Kamil Šlapák, Richard Kolář, Tamara Stočesová); and translations of the libretto into English (Helena Blažková), French (Vladimír Bozděch) and German (Bedřiška Adamičková). The cover photo (Horník) and design (Zichová) are also © 1984. The odd-numbered labels of my copy carry the numbers "85 2", indicating a date of manufacture in the second half of 1985.
Josef Bohuslav Foerster , 1859-1951 CZ composed by, libretto by, album by | |
Eva Děpoltová voc, soprano vocals, eva, seamstress, album by | |
Anna Barová voc, 1932-2015 CZ contralto vocals, mešjanovka, manék's mother, album by | |
Leo Marian Vodička voc, *1950 CZ tenor vocals, manék, album by | |
Jaroslav Souček voc, 1935-2006 baritone vocals, samko, furrier, album by | |
Prague Radio Chorus , chorus, album by | |
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra , orchestra, album by | |
František Vajnar vn, 1930-2012 CZ conductor, album by | |
Karel Petr b, *1930 bass vocals, rubač, farm hand | |
Gabriela Preissová , libretto by | |
Eva Hermannová liner notes, commentary | |
Libuše Márová voc, *1943 mezzo-soprano vocals, zuzka | |
Helena Blažková , translated by, libretto, english | |
Vladimír Bozděch translated by, libretto, french | |
Bedřiška Adamičková , translated by, libretto, german | |
Hana Tomková , translated by, other | |
Helena Pospíšilová translated by, other | |
Kamil Šlapák , 1897-1984 translated by, other | |
Richard Kolář translated by, other | |
Tamara Stočesová translated by, other |
Ivanka Zichová artwork, booklet, cover |
Milan Malý chorus master |
Dana Melanová editor, booklet, cover |
Jaroslav Vašíček engineer |
Jan Králík liner notes, artists' biographies, stage and broadcast history |
Pavel Horník photography by, artists, cover |
Jaromír Svoboda photography by, artists, stage history |
Pavel Dosoudil photography by, artists |
Zdeněk Zahradník recording supervisor |
Josef Bohuslav Foerster |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Jednání Prvni: Mánek, "Ty Utrápiš Mne, Evo ..." | Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Eva Děpoltová, Anna Barová, Leo Marian Vodička, Jaroslav Souček, Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, František Vajnar | ||
2 | Eva, "Samko, Na Mne Že Jsi Myslel?" | Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Eva Děpoltová, Anna Barová, Leo Marian Vodička, Jaroslav Souček, Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, František Vajnar | ||
3 | Jednání Druhé: Zuzka, "Letěl Ptáček, Letěl" | Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Eva Děpoltová, Anna Barová, Leo Marian Vodička, Jaroslav Souček, Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, František Vajnar | ||
4 | Samko, "Nuž, Evuško, Nekormuť Se" | Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Eva Děpoltová, Anna Barová, Leo Marian Vodička, Jaroslav Souček, Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, František Vajnar | ||
5 | Jednání Třetí: Sbor, Eva, Manék, Zuzka, Rubač, "Vodu, Vodu, Nechci Já Ji, Nechci Já Ji" | Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Eva Děpoltová, Anna Barová, Leo Marian Vodička, Jaroslav Souček, Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, František Vajnar | ||
6 | Eva, "Dnes V Noci Zlý Mne Zleckal Sen" | Josef Bohuslav Foerster, Eva Děpoltová, Anna Barová, Leo Marian Vodička, Jaroslav Souček, Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, František Vajnar |