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:
- Mackerras, Vienna Phil, Popp, etc. https://open.spotify.com/
album/0ZQ8qcDcmt0myos8G95BPs - Neumann, Prague Nat. Theater https://open.spotify.com/
album/3CDptTzkY0DI5rU3YLffMg
Native Czech cast: while the voices aren’t as spectacular they’re still pretty terrific!