The second act of an opera by this composer opens with two characters debating the value of love and money while the chorus sings the drinking song "Beer's no doubt a gift from heaven".
The second act of an opera by this composer opens with two characters debating the value of love and money while the chorus sings the drinking song "Beer's no doubt a gift from heaven". One of his works uses an E-flat, B-flat, D, B-flat motif to represent the title castle, while another depicts a mountain full of sleeping knights. Yet another of his compositions contains sections depicting nymphs dancing in the moonlight and the St. John rapids, as well as an adaptation of the melody to "La Mantovana". This composer of (*) "Vysehrad" and "Blanik" wrote the music to an opera whose plot hinges on the fact that Jenik is actually the first son of Micha, allowing him to marry Marenka, the title character. For 10 points, name this Czech composer of The Bartered Bride who included the symphonic poem "The Moldau" in his suite Ma Vlast.
The second act of an opera by this composer opens with two characters debating the value of love and money while the chorus sings the drinking song "Beer's no doubt a gift from heaven".
Bedřich Smetana