Vanda (opera)

Vanda
Tragic opera by Antonín Dvořák
Picture of Maksymilian Piotrowski Tod of Wanda
Native title
Vanda
LibrettistVáclav Beneš Šumavský, František Zákrejs
LanguageCzech
Based onJulian Surzycki (?)
Premiere
17 April 1876 (1876-04-17)

Vanda is an early opera by the Czech composer Antonín Dvořák about the legendary Polish (Kraków) princess Vanda, which was literarised in the movement of the national revival by Julian Surzycki from Warsaw, a Polish national awakener, politician, civil engineer and occasional poet. His book was translated from the Polish by Václav Beneš Šumavský and adapted to libretto together with František Zákrejs in 1875. The premiere took place on 17 April 1876 at the Provisional Theatre in Prague.