Leoš Janáček: Šárka and Josef Suk: A Fairy Tale

Josef Suk: A Fairy Tale, Op. 16 / suite for large orchestra based on themes from the music for Julius Zeyer’s dramatic fairy tale *Radúz and Mahulena*

Leoš Janáček: *Šárka* (concert performance), JW I/1 / opera in three acts based on the music drama by Julius Zeyer 

Cast:
Šárka: Mária Porubčinová
Ctirad: Aleš Briscein
Přemysl: Svatopluk Sem
Lumír: Daniel Matoušek

A mere ten years separate Janáček’s first opera and Suk’s *A Fairy Tale*. They are linked not only by the figure of the writer, playwright, and poet Julius Zeyer but also by Slavic mythology.