Dvorak / Podvalova Complete Recordings 1939-1950 CD

For four decades, Marie Podvalov (1909-1992) was one of the most popular and sought-after opera singers of the National Theatre in Prague, where she was engaged from 1937 to 1978. She dazzled in the part of Bedrich Smetana's Libue, which she created in 1938 under the guidance of the conductor Vclav Talich, as well as in the roles of Milada in Dalibor and Ane?ka in Two Widows. She also appeared in Dvork operas, performing to acclaim Armida, the Foreign Princess in Rusalka and Julie in The Jacobin, and in Jancek works, primarily excelling as Kostelnicka in Jenufa. Supraphon is for the first time releasing the complete studio recordings Marie Podvalov made between 1939 and 1950. The set encompasses three songs from the collection Venec ze zpevu vlasteneck?ch (A Garland of Patriotic Songs, 1835-1844), which she performs accompanied on the piano by J. B. Foerster. It contains Marie Podvalov's final, previously unreleased, studio recording, with the soprano singing Beatrice in a scene from Zdenek Fibich's opera The Bride of Messina. The album also captures the voices of Jan Konstantin, Jindrich Bla??cek, Marta Krsov, Ivo ??dek, Jaroslav Gleich, Zdenek Otava, ?tepnka Jel?nkov, Jaroslav Jaro, Josef Otakar Mask, Maria Tauberov, Ludek Mandaus, Stanislav Mu?, and other singers. The Prague Symphony Orchestra and the National Theatre Orchestra are conducted by Rudolf Vaata, Zdenek Chalabala, Jaroslav Krombholc, Frantiek ?kvor, Zdenek Folprecht, Otakar Jeremi and Karel Nedbal. The release marks the 30th anniversary of the legendary artist's death.