Antonín Švorc
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Antonín Švorc (12 February 1934, in Jaroměř – 21 February 2011) was a Czech operatic bass-baritone. He studied with J. Berlíka at the Prague Conservatory before making his professional opera debut at the Liberec Theatre in 1955 where he was committed for one year. He joined the roster of principal artists at the National Theatre in Prague in 1956. He performed at that theatre until 1962 when he joined the Prague State Opera (PSO) where he performed for the next several decades. In 1985 he was named a People's Artist of Czechoslovakia and in 2003 he was honored with a Thalia Award. Retired from the stage, he taught on the voice faculty at the Prague Conservatory.
Among the many roles Švorc created on stage are Adolf in Antonín Dvořák's The Jacobin, Alfio in Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, Barak in Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten, Budivoj and Vladislav in Bedřich Smetana's Dalibor, Donner in Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold, Escamillo in Georges Bizet's Carmen, Hans Sachs in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Iago in Verdi's Otello, Ismen in Dvořák's Armida, Jochanaan in Strauss's Salome, Kaspar in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz, Kurwenal in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, Pizarro in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio, Přemysl in Zdeněk Fibich's Šárka, Přemysl, Chrudoš, and Radovan in Smetana's Libuše, Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, Telramund in Wagner's Lohengrin, Tomeš in Smetana's The Kiss, Wotan in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, and the title roles in Modest Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov, Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, Verdi's Nabucco, Alexander Borodin's Prince Igor, and Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.
- Libuše, JB 1:102: "Overture" - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 1: "You, Krok’s Illustrious Daughter" (Libuše, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "Eternal Gods, Ye That Dwell Above the Clouds" (Libuše, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "I Cannot Join Them!" (Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 2: "Alas That Between Sons Such" (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 3: "The Snake Is Not Here" (Chrudoš) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "You Elders, Chieftains!" (Libuše) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "I Am the Elder Son" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "Both the Kinsmen, Brothers Klenovici" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I: "You Yourselves Have Heard How He Insulted Me" (Libuše, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 1: "Water the Horses Now and Wait for Me!" (Lutobor, Krasava) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "My Father, Before You Proclaim Your Severe Judgment" (Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "Like a Dark Cloud Chrudoš Rushed Through the Burg’s Gates" (Lutobor) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 2: "My Uncle Bid Me to My Father’s Grave" (Chrudoš, Krasava) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "With Krasava He’s Reconciled!" (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 3: "Heya! Heya! Without Rest Onward" (Four Harvesters) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "The Sun Is Blazing" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "Nature Might Will Reward Our Labours" (Přemysl, Four Harvesters) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 4: "The Work Is Finished" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 5: "But I Shall Remain Here… O, Ye Lime-Trees" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 4, 5: "What Is This Noise?… From Libuše We Bring You Greetings" (Přemysl, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "Peace Be With You, My Father’s Quiet Gardens" (Přemysl) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II: "In My Mind to You!" (Přemysl, Radovan) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 1: "Peace Is Made Again Between Two Brothers" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 2: "He Comes! He Still Remains Hidden…" (Libuše, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 3: "Welcome to Us" (Libuše) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 4: "Did She Not Say That All the Power…" (Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Krasava) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 5: "Ceremonial Procession" - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III: "Hail, Stronghold Vyšehrad… O Gods, Ye, Who Are Surrounded by Glory" (Libuše, Přemysl, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III: "I Have Learned About Two Brothers‘ Cruel Strife" (Libuše, Přemysl, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III: "Libuše’s Prophecy: O Gods Almighty" (Libuše, Přemysl, Chrudoš, Šťáhlav, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Radmila) - Live - Smetana: Libuše, JB 1:102 (Live) - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 1: "Today the Judgement Will Be Passed" - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 1: "An Orphan, Abandonned" (Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 1: "The Arrival of the King and the Judges" - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 2: "You Know By Now How Our Kingdom Fair" (Vladislav) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 3: "Step Forward Without Fear" (Vladislav, Milada, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 3: "The Sun Did Set" (Vladislav, Milada, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 4: "Ah, What a Sight!" (Vladislav, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 4: "I Won´t Deny... When Zdeněk mine" (Dalibor) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I: "But Hear!" (Dalibor, Vladislav, Budivoj, Beneš, Vítek, Milada, Jitka, One of the judges) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I: "Oh, Didst Thou Hear It" (Dalibor) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 5: "Here Do You See Me Bending Low" (Vladislav, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I, Scene 6: "What Storm Here in My Bosom Is Raging" (Milada, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 1: "Oh, Yes, the Gayest Is This Our World" - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 1: "By This Gay Song... My Dearest, My Yearning" (Vítek, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 1: "Of Dalibor´s Fate Didst Thou Surely Hear?" (Vítek, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh, Yes, the Gayest is This Our World" (Vítek, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh, How Saddening is a Jailer´s Life, How Hard" (Beneš) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 3: "Everything Is Ready" (Beneš, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 4: "Oh, Goodness!" (Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 5: "Here Is the Violin" (Beneš, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II: "Change of Stage II. - Listesso tempo (orchestra)" - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 1: "It Was He Again?" (Dalibor) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 2: "Accept, I Beg, This Trifle from My Hand!" (Dalibor, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act II, Scene 2: "Oh, Unspeakable Charm of Love!" (Dalibor, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 1: "Glourious King!" (Budivoj) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 1: "It Will be Near to Forty Years" (Beneš) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 2: "At This Late Hour... Beautiful Aim That Any King Can Follow" (Vladislav) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 2: "Are You Ready?" (Vladislav, One of the judges) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 3: "Change of Stage 1, It´s the Third Night... Oh, by What Marvel Thou" (Dalibor) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 4: "Oh, Heaven! He Shook His Chains!" (Dalibor, Budivoj) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 4: "Let so It Be! I’m Now Prepared to Die" (Dalibor) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III: "No Trace as Yet of Our Convened Signal?" (Milada, Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 6: "Milada! - Where Am I?" (Dalibor, Milada) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act III, Scene 6, 7: "Oh, Behold This Tender Rosebud" (Jitka) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Dalibor, Act I: "Enemy Troops Are Beaten and Dispersed" (Dalibor, Budivoj) - Smetana: Dalibor - Antonín Švorc
- Tkalci. Opera in 2 Acts: "Ansorge" (Ansorge, Baumert, Móric Jäger, Emilie, matka Baumertová) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Tkalci. Opera in 2 Acts: "Baumert" (Baumert, Hilse, matka, Horning, Lojzka, Bohumil, Bäcker) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Romeo, Julie a tma. Opera: "Pavlův otec" (Pavlův otec, Čepek, Rejsek, listonoš) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Romeo, Julie a tma. Opera: "Ester" (Ester, Pavel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Romeo, Julie a tma. Opera: "Ester I" (Ester, Pavel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Manželské kontrapunkty: "Řízek" (ona, on, ona, on) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Manželské kontrapunkty: "Tragédie s návštěvou. U Malinovských" (ona, on, ona, on) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Manželské kontrapunkty: "Tragédie s návštěvou. U Višněvských" (ona, on, ona, on) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Riot in Efes: "Intráda" (Adriana, Dromio Efeský, Dromio Syrakuský, Anntifolus Efeský, Angelo, Antifolus Syrakuský, lékař, Luciana, vévoda Efeský, hlasatel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Riot in Efes, Act I: "Hola hej, což neslyšíte?" (Adriana, Dromio Efeský, Dromio Syrakuský, Anntifolus Efeský, Angelo, Antifolus Syrakuský, lékař, Luciana, vévoda Efeský, hlasatel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Riot in Efes, Act I: "Můj ty světe" (Adriana, Dromio Efeský, Dromio Syrakuský, Anntifolus Efeský, Angelo, Antifolus Syrakuský, lékař, Luciana, vévoda Efeský, hlasatel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Riot in Efes, Act II: "Dobře, že jdeš, ženo neblahá" (Adriana, Dromio Efeský, Dromio Syrakuský, Anntifolus Efeský, Angelo, Antifolus Syrakuský, lékař, Luciana, vévoda Efeský, hlasatel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Riot in Efes, Act II: "Když mladá žena vytuší" (Adriana, Dromio Efeský, Dromio Syrakuský, Anntifolus Efeský, Angelo, Antifolus Syrakuský, lékař, Luciana, vévoda Efeský, hlasatel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Riot in Efes: "Conclucion of Opera" (Adriana, Dromio Efeský, Dromio Syrakuský, Anntifolus Efeský, Angelo, Antifolus Syrakuský, lékař, Luciana, vévoda Efeský, hlasatel) - Contemporary Czech Opera (Tkalci - Romeo, Julie a tma - Pozdvižení v Efesu - Manželské kontrapunkty) - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102: Overture - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 1: Libuše's Judgement. You, Krok's Illustrious Daughter - I Cannot Join Them (Libuše, Kněžna Česká, Krasava, Lutoborova dcera, Radmila) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 2: Alas That Between Sons Such Confliets (Chrudoš od Otavy, Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Radovan od Kameného mosta) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act I, Scene 3: The Procession. The Snake Is not Here (Libuše, Kněžna Česká, Chrudoš od Otavy, Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Radovan od Kameného mosta) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 1: Libuše's Marriage. Water the horses now and wait for me! (Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Krasava, Lutoborova dcera, Radmila) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 2: My Uncle Bid Me to My Father's Grave (Chrudoš od Otavy, Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Krasava, Lutoborova dcera, Radmila) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 3: Heya! Heya! Without Rest Onward (Přemysl ze Stadic) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 4: The Work Is Finished. But I Shall Remain Here (Přemysl ze Stadic) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act II, Scene 5: From Libuše We Bring You Greetings (Přemysl ze Stadic, Radovan od Kameného mosta) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 1: Peace Is Made Again Between Two Brothers (Libuše, Kněžna Česká, Chrudoš od Otavy, Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Krasava, Lutoborova dcera, Radmila) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 2: He Comes! He Still Remains Hidden (Libuše, Kněžna Česká) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 3: Welcome to Us (Libuše, Kněžna Česká) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 4: Did She Not Say That All the Power Now (Chrudoš od Otavy, Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Krasava, Lutoborova dcera) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
- Libuše, JB 1:102, Act III, Scene 5: Hail, Stronghold of Vyšehrad - Libuše's Prophecy. O Gods (Libuše, Kněžna Česká, Přemysl ze Stadic, Chrudoš od Otavy, Šťáhlav na Radbuze, Lutobor, Radovan, Krasava, Lutoborova dcera, Radmila) - Smetana: Libuše. Festive Opera in 3 Acts - Antonín Švorc
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