| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 act (overture & 17 scenes) |
|---|---|
| Composition Year | 1874 |
| Genre Categories | Comic operas; Theatrical Works; Operas; |
| Work Title | The Stubborn Lovers |
|---|---|
| Alternative. Title | Tvrdé palice |
| Composer | Dvořák, Antonín |
| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. | Op.17, B.46 |
| I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IAD 105 |
| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's | 1 act (overture & 17 scenes) |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1874 |
| First Performance. | 1881 October 2
|
| First Publication. | 1882 |
| Librettist | Josef Štolba (1846–1930) |
| Language | Czech |
| Average DurationAvg. Duration | 76 minutes |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
| Piece Style | Romantic |
| Instrumentation | Solo voices, chorus (SATB) + Orchestra |
| External Links | Wikipedia article antonin-dvorak.cz |
The University of Leeds mentions among their projects the creation of a critical edition full score of this work (no full score seems ever to have been commercially published, in any case.)
Antonin-dvorak.cz claims "The Stubborn Lovers is part of a group of Dvorak’s operas which never made it to foreign stage venues.". This seems to be true during the composer's lifetime, but the work was staged in Zurich in the early 20th century. References to it in 1882 in the British press (in an article on Dimitrij; the authors use it for comparison, having seen the published score from Simrock) refer to it as a comic opera (Simrock's own term) and it seems reasonable to so tag it. (Lists of the composer's works in biographical dictionaries in the 1880s also so refer to it.)
