"The Bartered Bride"

[@martinjohnsoncomms]

Great to see this on-line and to see my father, Victor Franklin as Jenik. Dad passed away October 1st, 2019.

[@johnlok905]

I have a reel to reel of him as Florestan.

[@mikesaddy5523]

He was a wonderful tenor. Absolutely beautiful voice and great musicianship

[@jackpoint188]

He was wonderfully devious in this role! 🙂

[@ballaratboy1]

Thanks for uploading this wonderful rarity! Such good audio and video too.

[@glsigalos]

Not only a wonderful voice has Elsie but a great actress as well.

[@glenispark9800]

Performed this opera at college in 1967! What great memories recalled!

[@kate251144]

What a gem. How I wish I'd found this before!

[@bchick7598]

I loved every moment of this. Thank you from the depths of my heart for putting it on you tube!

[@opernkavalier]

R.I.P. Mrs. Morison Kubelik. What amazing clarity of recorded sound and amazing clarity of diction!

[@BazzasBest]

Very enjoyable production all round. Elsie Morison superb. Many thanks.

[@lyricaltones]

Wow, this is a rarity! Elsie Morison is very cute Mařenka.

[@fredblonder7850]

I’m impressed by the number of live animals on-stage. I can’t hear “Dance of the Comedians” without the Roadrunner & Coyote running in my head.

[@MalamuteBD]

Excellemt! Thanks.

[@ausbrum]

This was the first opera presented on the ABC from its Ripponlea studio in Melbourne

[@wayneb8495]

I saw this live in 1970 when I was 11 years old. Fantastic!

[@johnlok905]

Earlier than 1970. This is probably early 60s.

[@Tenortalker]

This is fantastic. Thank you for posting.

[@johnlok905]

This is not an Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company (Opera Australia) production but an ABC TV production. The ABC used to do about three or four a year. The singers were often from the Elizabethan Theatre Trust Opera Company but the casts included other fine singers from various states. The Vasek, Ray MacDonald, had a milk run in Sydney with baritone Neil Easton. NZ baritone John Young ran the Elizabethan Theate Trust Opera in 1963.

[@martinjohnsoncomms]

And Victor Franklin (Dad) ran a Sheet Metal working business in Kensington.

[@nathanhickeyhickey8693]

Ray was told by the conductor at rehearsal his voice was TOO beautiful for the role .. Wonderful production

[@johnboland5361]

IN ENGLISH....GREAT FOR US!!! THIS OPERA IS A MASTERPIECE! LISTEN AND ENJOY!

[@madgeson]

Great to see this. Thanks for posting.

[@Hexmeyer]

Married to Kubelik! That explains why she sings Jitka in a German language recording of Dalibor conducted by Kubelik. She is wonderful.

[@martinspacek]

Genial Czech music

[@vittoriaoliva8924]

grazie ;-)

[@kocurik679]

Prodana nevěsta po anglicky....ja sa poserem.... ale celkom je to dobré......znám jednu dívku..tá má dukáty...

[@ВиолеттаГрибашова]

Vlado Ďuri Štachitka pokud chcete mohu dát poslouchat tuto operu v ruštině.

[@MrScott8]

To víte, tehdy v divadlech nebyly titulky, takže vznikaly překlady libret. Máte to i opačně. Dneska se spíš hraje v originále a nevím jestli je to dobře. Mně se třeba hrozně líbí český libreto Netopýra, ale v divadle už ho neuslyšíte. A "nač jsou tihle advokáti, co si člověk draho platí, spíš by hůl měl na ně vzít." je prostě paráda.

[@jasonyoung2787]

Did I hear "And pertrans your sweetheart too" at 9:15, which could more reasonably be "betrays" ?

[@yehbuddy4251]

Is Rafael Kubelík conducting the orchestra?

[@kadoguy]

All credits appear at the end. Conductor was Dr. Clive Douglas.

[@johnlok905]

"Indian" actually refers to a Fijian, part of the East Indies as far as Europeans were concerned. Australian Aborigines were referred to as "Indians" up until the 1880s. So instead of a feather headdress he should be black with curly hair and bone decorations. Who would attempt it?

[@sapito-cernobilahravost7461]

Tušil jsem, že to bude pro Američany problém. Provedení Indiána odpovídá cirkusovému očekávání 19. století v Rakousku-Uhersku. Principál samozřejmě drmolí nesmyslná slova, která působí velkolepě.

[@danielsvoboda6233]

Was it so too hard to learn Czech and therefore you need to sing it in English? 😜 Just kidding. I know that Czech is super hard. So well done even though it was not written in English and English can't really fulfill the richness of the Czech language, but that's like with any other translation from a foreign language - you cannot always translate everything.

[@michaldevetsedm1882]

Kdybys tu operu lépe znal, věděl bys, že čeština použitá v tomto libretu není žádný velký skvost a že tahle opera už víc než sto let funguje skvěle v různých jazycích. Proč se musí pod každým videem se slavnou českou hudbou vždycky objevit pár omezených českých pseudopatriotů, kteří si to dílo přivlastní, i když o něm většinou nic neví a poučují ostatní jen na základě toho, že náhodou mají stejný mateřský jazyk jako Smetana nebo Dvořák?

[@MrScott8]

předpokládám, že si stejně stěžujete když se překládají libreta cizích děl do češtiny.