Episode 3
Donald Macleod tells the story of how Bedrich Smetana began to write opera and takes us through what has become the best loved of his eight operas, The Bartered Bride. We also hear the snippet of operatic writing that Smetana believed to be his best.
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- Wed 18 May 200512:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 25 May 200500:00BBC Radio 3
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