Vaclav Zitek
Václav Zítek (24 March 1932 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech opera singer. A lyric baritone with a beautiful timbre and a wide vocal range, he was one of the leading Czech singers of the postwar generation. He particularly excelled in portraying Janáček and Smetana heroes. His voice is preserved on numerous opera recordings made with the Supraphon record label.
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The Secret: "Overture" - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 1: "Beautiful Corn" (Miss Róza, Bonifác) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 2: "Now, Master, Now!" (Bonifác, Kalina, Master bricklayer, Innkeeper) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 3: "How Lively It Is Here!" (Malina, Kalina, Skřivánek) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I: "Listen, You Distant World!" (Kalina, Skřivánek, Miss Róza, Bonifác, Master bricklayer, Innkeeper) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I: "Not One Word More!" (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Bonifác, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer, Innkeeper) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 4: "Look, the Bagpipes Have Arrived, Come, Uncle, Play!" (Malina, Kalina, Bonifác) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 5: "Father, Please! Stop It, Father!" (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I: "My Little Vít! Including How I Love to Hear" (Vít) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 6: "Here I Am Fighting" (Kalina, Vít, Bonifác) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 7: "Where’s Councillor Kalina?" (Bonifác, Master bricklayer) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 8: "What’s the Hurry?" (Master bricklayer, Innkeeper, Jirka) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 9: "I Wonder If She Is Here?" (Blaženka, Vít, Skřivánek, Jirka) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 1: "I´m a Beggar!" (Kalina) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 2: "Rise from under the Earth Including Mother of God, Bestow on Me" (Ghost of Friar Barnabáš) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 3: "Mother of God, Bestow on Me the Ray of Your Blessing!" (Kalina, Skřivánek) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 4: "What? My Sweetheart… My Joy" (Blaženka, Vít) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II: "When I But Hear the Tune of Your Horn" (Blaženka) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II: "What Has Saddened Your Hard So? … You Cast Down Your Sweet Eyes" (Blaženka, Vít) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 5: "What a Pretty Scene!" (Blaženka, Vít, Bonifác) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II: "There, There, Look If It Is True" (Malina, Kalina, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 6: "Well, Father!" (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II: "What False Assumption" (Malina, Kalina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít, Bonifác, Skřivánek, Master bricklayer) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II: "That Is the Fire of True Love!" (Miss Róza) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II: "Who’s Here? It’s Me, Dear!" (Miss Róza, Bonifác) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act II, Scene 8: "I’m Ready. I’ve Made Up My Mind!" (Kalina, Miss Róza, Bonifác) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III, Scene 1: "With Joy and Happiness We'll Help with the Hops" (Malina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Master bricklayer) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III: "The Water from the High Hills Is Falling - Look! What Is This? Unheard Of!" (Blaženka) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III: "You Are Wrong If You Think I´ll Give Her to Vít" (Malina, Miss Róza, Master bricklayer) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III: "I’ll Give Vít My Faughter" (Malina, Bonifác, Skřivánek) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III, Scene 2: "Auntie, May Vít Come In?" (Malina, Miss Róza, Blaženka, Vít, Bonifác, Master bricklayer, Skřivánek) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III: "Why Such a Silence? Sing, Skřivánek!" (Malina, Bonifác, Skřivánek) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III: "Hah - ’Tis Him! And Alive!" (Kalina, Miss Róza) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act III, Scene 4: "What’s Happening Here?" (Malina, Kalina, Blaženka, Vít) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 1: "How Dread! Behold, the Boat Is Forced on the Rocks!" (Marko) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 2: "My Protector, Where Are We?" (Sebastian, Antonio) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 3: "They Have Already Landed Beneath the Rocks" (Viola, Marko, The Fisherman) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I: "My Child! You Look So Magnanimous!" (Marko, Viola) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Secret, Act I, Scene 4: "Even in the Wilderness I Am Not Alone" (Marko, Orsino) - The Secret and Viola (fragment) -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104: "Overture" - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 1: "Vendulka! Father! Listen! Where Are You?" (Father Paloucký, Vendulka, Martinka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 2: "They´re Coming" (Father Paloucký, Vendulka, Martinka, Barče) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 3: "Good Evening! You Act Like You’re Drunk" (Father Paloucký, Lukáš, Tomeš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I: "Barče, Quickly, Something for Our Guests!" (Father Paloucký, Lukáš, Tomeš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 4: "My Dearest! You Are Mine! ... We Belong to Each Other?" (Vendulka, Lukáš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I: "No! Leave Me Be!" (Father Paloucký, Vendulka, Lukáš, Tomeš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 5: "Never, Never in My Sorrow" (Vendulka, Lukáš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 5: "No, I Say, Leave Me Be!" (Vendulka, Lukáš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 6: "Just as I Said, So Has It Happened!" (Father Paloucký) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I: "Was He Right When He Warned Me?" (Vendulka, Lukáš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 7: "Where´s He Going? ... As if He Forgot About That Lovely Time" (Vendulka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I: "What Happened? ... I’m an Old Woman, My Dear Girl" (Vendulka, Martinka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 7: "And You, My Baby - Sleep Now, My Angel - A Little Snow White Dove Was Flying" (Vendulka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 8: "What a Disgrace!" (Vendulka, Lukáš, Barče) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act I, Scene 9: "You Should Be Ashamed! Even a Boy Would Be Ashamed to Misbehave Like This!" (Vendulka, Lukáš, Tomeš, Barče) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II: "Overture II" - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 1: "Go on!" (Matouš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 2: "Woe Is Me! ... If I Knew How to Erase My Guilt" (Lukáš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 3: "What a Chase He Led Me! He Vanished like a Ghost! Just Ask for It, You Fool" (Lukáš, Tomeš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 4: "Ha, ha, Lukáš, You Have Such Troubles With Your Love!" (Matouš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 5: "But There Are Two People!" (Vendulka, Martinka, Matouš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 5: "Oh, How Could I Believe so Foolishly" (Vendulka, Martinka, Matouš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 6: "Vendulka, Dearie, How Do You Like" (Vendulka, Martinka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 6: "Good Morning, Sir" (Martinka, A Frontier Guard, Vendulka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 6: "He Showed You Well What Is Hidden in a Man" (Vendulka, Martinka) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 7: "Ah! I Cannot Breathe for Running… Announce, Little Bird, a Good Morning!" (Barče) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 8: "Here Is Martinka’s Abode" (Father Paloucký, Lukáš, Matouš, Barče, Tomeš) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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The Kiss, JB 1:104, Act II, Scene 9: "It’s Him! It’s Her!" (Father Paloucký, Vendulka, Tomeš, Martinka, Matouš, Barče) - Smetana: The Kiss, JB 1:104 -
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Libuše, JB 1:102: "Overture" - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 1: "You, Krok’s Illustrious Daughter" (Libuše, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "Eternal Gods, Ye That Dwell Above the Clouds" (Libuše, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "I Cannot Join Them!" (Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 2: "Alas That Between Sons Such" (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 3: "The Snake Is Not Here" (Chrudoš) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "You Elders, Chieftains!" (Libuše) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "I Am the Elder Son" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "Both the Kinsmen, Brothers Klenovici" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "You Yourselves Have Heard How He Insulted Me" (Libuše, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 1: "Water the Horses Now and Wait for Me!" (Lutobor, Krasava) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "My Father, Before You Proclaim Your Severe Judgment" (Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "Like a Dark Cloud Chrudoš Rushed Through the Burg’s Gates" (Lutobor) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 2: "My Uncle Bid Me to My Father’s Grave" (Chrudoš, Krasava) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "With Krasava He’s Reconciled!" (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 3: "Heya! Heya! Without Rest Onward" (Four Harvesters) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "The Sun Is Blazing" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "Nature Might Will Reward Our Labours" (Přemysl, Four Harvesters) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 4: "The Work Is Finished" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 5: "But I Shall Remain Here… O, Ye Lime-Trees" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 4, 5: "What Is This Noise?… From Libuše We Bring You Greetings" (Přemysl, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "Peace Be With You, My Father’s Quiet Gardens" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "In My Mind to You!" (Přemysl, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 1: "Peace Is Made Again Between Two Brothers" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 2: "He Comes! He Still Remains Hidden…" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 3: "Welcome to Us" (Libuše) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 4: "Did She Not Say That All the Power…" (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 5: "Ceremonial Procession" - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III: "Hail, Stronghold Vyšehrad… O Gods, Ye, Who Are Surrounded by Glory" (Libuše, Přemysl, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III: "I Have Learned About Two Brothers‘ Cruel Strife" (Libuše, Přemysl, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III: "Libuše’s Prophecy: O Gods Almighty" (Libuše, Přemysl, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) -
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