Comedy on the Bridge (Veselohra na mostě in Czech) is a radio opera in one act by Bohuslav Martinů to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the comedy by Václav Kliment Klicpera and composed in 1935 in Polička. It has later been staged successfully, in America and Czechoslovakia.
| Original Name | Veselohra na mostě |
| Librettist | Bohuslav Martinů (Based on the comedy by Václav Kliment Klicpera) |
| Date of composition | 1935 in Paris, France |
| Premiered | 1951, May 28th (Hunter College) in New York, NY, United States |
| Type | Opera |
| Catalogue | H 247 |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Popelka, the village beauty
Voice (Baritone) - Sykos, a fisherman, Josephine's fiancé Voice (Bass) - Bedron, a brewer Voice (Contralto) - Eva, Bedron's wife Voice (Tenor) - Schoolmaster Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Friendly sentry Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Enemy sentry Narrator, Recitant, Speaker - Friendly officer |
| Autotranslations beta |
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