BEDŘICH SMETANA
LIFE Bedřich Smetana was born on 2 March 1824 in Litomyšl and died on 12 May 1884 in Prague. He was a Czech composer. He played violin and piano. His father was farmer and his family was very poor. Smetana studied in Jihlava, Německý Brod and he went to grammar school to Prague. He was married three times and had 18 children.
OPERA His two operas - Prodaná nevěsta and Braniboři v Čechách are very well known and they are very popular. Other operas: Dalibor, Libuše, Dvě vdovy, Hubička, Tajemství, Čertova stěna, Z mého života,… Symphonic poems: Má vlast (My country)