👉 Check-out the third part of our video series on Czech Music Greats, which is devoted to the work of one of the giants of Czech classical music Bedřich Smetana. 💍🎻 Bedřich Smetana, whom Czechs like to call ”the father of Czech music”, composed eight operas and the most successful of them is The Bartered Bride (1866). Set in a country village, it tells the story of how true love prevails over the combined efforts of ambitious parents and a scheming marriage broker. | Radio Prague

25K views · 811 reactions | LIVE: Memorial ceremony in front of the Czech Radio building on Prague's Vinohradská Street. Today marks the 52nd anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Soviet-led Warsaw Pact troops. | Prague Morning | Facebook