Smetana’s The Bartered Bride

Pocket Opera presents Smetana’s The Bartered Bride. Spring has done it again, bursting out with irrepressible, intoxicating abandon. Magic is in the air — holiday time in Bohemia, but Marenka is in no mood to celebrate. Years ago, faced with a financial crisis, her father was forced to borrow a substantial sum of money. With an infant daughter who gives every indication of blossoming into a beauty, why look further for collateral? In short, he signed a contract promising her to the son of the prosperous farmer who came to his rescue. Unfortunately, the time to pay up has now come at the very time that Marenka has displayed a perverse sense of independence by falling in love herself…

SCHEDULE

Saturday, March 18 at 2pm: Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor
Sunday, March 26 at 2pm: Napa Valley Opera House
Friday, March 31 at 7:30pm: Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor
Sunday, April 2 at 2pm: Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor