John Matthew Myers (Dalibor); Cadie J. Bryan (Milada)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Front: Eric Greene (Budivoj); Stairs: Alfred Walker (Vladislav); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Wei Wu (Beneš); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Alfred Walker (Vladislav); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Cadie J. Bryan (Milada)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Erica Petrocelli (Jitka); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

John Matthew Myers (Dalibor); Cadie J. Bryan (Milada); Patrick Andrews (Zdeněk)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

John Matthew Myers (Dalibor); Cadie J. Bryan (Milada); Patrick Andrews (Zdeněk); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

John Matthew Myers (Dalibor); Projection: Patrick Andrews (Zdeněk) and Cadie J. Bryan (Milada)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Cadie J. Bryan (Milada); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Cadie J. Bryan (Milada); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

John Matthew Myers (Dalibor)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Alfred Walker (Vladislav); John Matthew Myers (Dalibor)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Alfred Walker (Vladislav); Cadie J. Bryan (Milada); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Erica Petrocelli (Jitka); Cadie J. Bryan (Milada)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Terrence Chin-Loy (Vítek); Members of the Bard Festival Chorale

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Maestro Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Wei Wu (Beneš); Cadie J. Bryan (Milada)

Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

SummerScape Opera/New Production

Libretto by Josef Wenzig
Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
English translation by Jindřich Elbl*

Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

*with special permission by Supraphon LP Records, ©1960.

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Maria Baranova

Leon Botstein
Conductor, American Symphony Orchestra

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Ric Kallaher

Jean-Romain Vesperini
Director

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Marco Borrelli

John Matthew Myers (tenor)
Dalibor

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Jyiang Chen

Cadie J. Bryan (soprano)
Milada

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Daniel Welch

Terrence Chin-Loy (tenor)
Vitek

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Jiyang Chen

Eric Greene (baritone)
Budivoj

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo c/o Artist

Erica Petrocelli (soprano)
Jitka

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo c/o Artist

Alfred Walker (bass-baritone)
Vladislav

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo c/o Artist

Wei Wu (bass)
Beneš

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo courtesy of Artist

Patrick Andrews
Zdeněk

SummerScape Opera/New Production
Dalibor
by Bedřich Smetana

Libretto by Josef Wenzig, Czech translation by Ervín Špindler
Directed by Jean-Romain Vesperini
American Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leon Botstein
Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Sosnoff Theater | July 25 – August 3, 2025
fishercenter.bard.edu | 845-758-7900

Photo by Trey Mcintyre