Although in The Bartered Bride Smetana largely avoided the direct quotation of folksong, the music he composed was considered to be Czech in spirit, meaning that he succeeded in his aim of creating a ...

These days, more performances of music from Bedrich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride come from the concert stage than from the opera pit. The opera is nearly defunct, but these dances have survived.

We'll stick with Smetana and head to a concert in Geneva, Switzerland, for the Orchestra of the Swiss Romande and conductor Pinchas Steinberg with the "Polka" from Smetana's "The Bartered Bride." ...