Eliška Krásnohorská [SEP] place of death
Eliška Krásnohorská
Eliška Krásnohorská (18 November 1847 in Prague – 26 November 1926 in Prague) was a Czech feminist author. She was introduced to literature and feminism by Karolína Světlá. She wrote works of lyric poetry and literary criticism, however, she is usually associated with children's literature and translations, including works by Pushkin, Mickiewicz and Byron.
Krásnohorská wrote the libretti for four operas by Bedřich Smetana: "The Kiss", "The Secret", "The Devil's Wall" and "Viola".
Viola (opera)
Viola is an unfinished romantic opera by Bedřich Smetana. The libretto was written by Eliška Krásnohorská, and is based on Shakespeare's play "Twelfth Night". The composer did some work on it in 1874 and then came back to it in 1883, when he only managed to orchestrate a few scenes; the opera was left incomplete upon Smetana's death in 1884.
Performance history.
A concert performance (of the unfinished work) was given on 15 March 1900 and it was staged at