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Šárka (Janáček)

Šárka is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by Julius Zeyer, based on Bohemian legends of Šárka in Dalimil's Chronicle. Written in 1887, the opera lay unproduced for many years and was first performed at the Divadlo na Hradbách (today's Mahen Theatre) in Brno on 11 November 1925 in honour of Janáček’s 71st birthday.

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Šárka

Šárka may refer to one of the following:

  • Šárka (name), Czech female given name (includes people bearing the name)
  • Šárka, the mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in The Maidens' War
  • Šárka (Fibich), an opera by Zdeněk Fibich
  • Šárka (Janáček), the first opera by Leoš Janáček
  • Šárka, the third symphonic poem of Bedřich Smetana's Má vlast
  • Divoká Šárka, nature reserve in the Czech Republic
Sarka

Sarka (, also Romanized as Sarkā; also known as Sarkā’) is a village in Birun Bashm Rural District, Kelardasht District, Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 119, in 35 families.

Šárka (name)

Šárka is an old female given name with Bohemian origin. In Czech Republic it is still the seventy second most common name. The name means rocky hillock. Šárka is also name of the cliff in northwest outskirts of Prague. The mythological Šárka jumped from this cliff because of her remorse that she hepled lure Ctirad into a trap. The Š is pronounced as an sh sound.

People bearing the name include:

  • Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
  • Šárka Nováková, Czech high jumper
  • Šárka Pančochová, Czech snowboarder
  • Šárka Ullrichová, Czech actress
  • Šárka Vaňková, Czech singer
  • Šárka Záhrobská, Czech alpine skierˇ
  • Šárka Korbelová, Czech businesswoman
Mythical characters
  • Šárka, the mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in The Maidens' War

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