Schwanda the Bagpiper
Folk opera in two acts
Libretto
Milos Kares
Premiere
27 April 1927, Prague (National Theatre)
Cast
SCHWANDA (Tenor)
DOROTKA (soprano)
BABINSKY (tenor)
QUEEN (mezzo-soprano)
DEVIL (bass)
CHORUS
Queen's retinue, people of all classes, doorkeeper, soldiers, lawcourt officials, trumpeters and drummers, hangman's assistants, devils, old crones, apparitons from the hell, hell's soldiers,
and musicians, countryfolk
Place
Bohemia
Time