Dalibor

About the show

Dalibor, a Czech knight, is tried for killing the burgrave of Ploskovice in revenge for the death of his friend Zdeněk. The court commutes his sentence to life imprisonment. Milada, the burgrave’s sister, falls in love with Dalibor and conspires with Jitka to free him. Disguised as a boy, she becomes the jailer Beneš’s assistant and visits Dalibor with Zdeněk’s violin. Their escape plan fails, and the king orders Dalibor’s execution. Milada storms the castle but is wounded and dies; Dalibor kills himself.