Šárka (Janáček)

Šárka
Opera by Leoš Janáček
Janáček in 1904
LibrettistJulius Zeyer
LanguageCzech
Based onBohemian legends of Šárka
Premiere
11 November 1925 (1925-11-11)
Divadlo na Hradbách, Brno

Šárka is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by Julius Zeyer, based on Bohemian legends of Šárka in Dalimil's Chronicle. Written in 1887, the opera lay unproduced for many years and was first performed at the Divadlo na Hradbách (today's Mahen Theatre) in Brno on 11 November 1925 in honour of Janáček's 71st birthday.

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