Marie Červinková-Riegrová

Marie Červinková-Riegrová

Marie Červinková-Riegrová (9 August 1854 in Prague – 19 January 1895 in Prague) was a Czech writer.

She wrote the libretto Dimitrij for Karel Šebor, but then offered it to Antonín Dvořák who set it to music in 1881.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Daniel E. Freeman The opera theater of Count Franz Anton von Sporck in Prague - 1992 Page 260 "In addition, it is not outside the realm of possibility that Janacek influenced Dvorak in some way during 1874 and 1875 in ... If Janacek did not have any direct say in Dvorak's subsequent choice of Marie Cervinkova-Riegrova's libretto Dimitrij for his next serious opera, which was first performed in 1882, we can be certain that he would have heartily approved.


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