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Jarek has sworn not to marry until his lord Vok does, while Vok has been unable to love since a past rejection. The demon Rarach exploits their hopes and the lovers’ oaths, but after Vok recognizes his former beloved’s daughter Hedvika and opens his heart to her, Rarach tries to flood the monastery by building a wall across the Vltava. Beneš breaks the demon’s power, and Vok and Hedvika as well as Jarek and Katuška can marry.
Lukáš, a young widower, hopes to marry Vendulka, but she refuses to kiss him before their wedding because she fears disturbing the ghost of his late wife. Angered, Lukáš leaves and dances with other village girls, prompting Vendulka to flee. In a forest, smugglers and Vendulka’s aunt Martinka help reunite the unhappy couple. Lukáš apologizes to Vendulka and her father, and they finally kiss.
Kalina and Róza once loved each other, but their families kept them apart; now widowed Kalina and Róza remain estranged while their children, Vít and Blaženka, fall in love. A note promising hidden treasure sends Kalina into a tunnel, where he discovers that the greatest treasure is a loving woman; he returns to Róza, sets aside his pride, and both young couples win their families' consent to marry.
This unfinished romantic opera is based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and includes characters such as Viola, Sebastian, Orsino, and Olivia.
Jarek has sworn not to marry until his lord Vok does, while Vok has been unable to love since a past rejection. The demon Rarach exploits their hopes and the lovers’ oaths, but after Vok recognizes his former beloved’s daughter Hedvika and opens his heart to her, Rarach tries to flood the monastery by building a wall across the Vltava. Beneš breaks the demon’s power, and Vok and Hedvika as well as Jarek and Katuška can marry.
Lukáš, a young widower, hopes to marry Vendulka, but she refuses to kiss him before their wedding because she fears disturbing the ghost of his late wife. Angered, Lukáš leaves and dances with other village girls, prompting Vendulka to flee. In a forest, smugglers and Vendulka’s aunt Martinka help reunite the unhappy couple. Lukáš apologizes to Vendulka and her father, and they finally kiss.
Kalina and Róza once loved each other, but their families kept them apart; now widowed Kalina and Róza remain estranged while their children, Vít and Blaženka, fall in love. A note promising hidden treasure sends Kalina into a tunnel, where he discovers that the greatest treasure is a loving woman; he returns to Róza, sets aside his pride, and both young couples win their families' consent to marry.
This unfinished romantic opera is based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and includes characters such as Viola, Sebastian, Orsino, and Olivia.