from Act II of the Czech opera
The Bartered Bride (Prodaná Nevesta) by Bedrich Smetana
Libretto: Karel Sabina
Role: Vasek, son of Micha and Hata
Voice Part: tenor
Setting: inside an inn in a Bohemian village, Bohemia
Synopsis: Vasek enters the inn when it is empty. He mentions, shyly and stuttering, that his mother has told him firmly to win the wife that she has picked out for him. Unbeknownst to him, the woman picked out to be his wife is Marenka, the beloved of Jenik who is Vasek's brother.