Czech Resources

    Czech “Boot Camp”
    Handouts:  Alphabet/Pronunciation  –   Vowel Length/Tongue Twisters    –   Dvorak: Písne milostné (Love Songs)
    Poetry reading (short/long vowels)  –   Kozena singing Dvorak
    Online Czech Dictionary
    Recommended Recording (for Czech) Mackerras (cond.)/Popp (Vixen)
    Class 1 VIDEO Part I  Part II   Part III   Part IV
    Class 2 VIDEO  Part 1    Part 2   Part 3     Part 4
    Class 3 VIDEO Part I  Part II  Part III   Part IV

    Other Resources

    The Janacek Opera Libretti: Translations & Pronunciations (Vol. 1: Příhody lišky Bystroušky/The Cunning Little Vixen) by Timothy Cheek.  Scarecrow Press, 2003
    Online, downloadable libretto and translation of Příhody lišky Bystroušky (5th on the page)
    Original Cunning Vixen story by Tesnohlidek, translated by Firkusny, Morgan & Jones, illustrated by Sendak
    Singing in Czech by Timothy Cheek. Scarecrow Press, 2001.
    David Stech’s Vixen Recording Recommendations: