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Opera Title is an Opera with music by Composer Name and an Language libretto by Librettist Name, based on the original work by Original Author.

Act I
Lukáš, a peasant, has always been in love with Vendulka. Unfortunately for the young couple, his parents insisted that he marry another girl. However, his wife has since passed on and since they are both still young, Lukáš intends to woo the very eligible Vendulka.

Paloucký, Vendulka's father, opposes the match: he reasons that since both Lukáš and Vendulka are stubborn people, they would make an incompatible couple. Vendulka is dismayed at his position, so Paloucký withdraws his objection, but his misgivings remain.

With friends and relatives in his wake, Lukáš arrives at Paloucký's home to formally make his intentions towards Vendulka known. Paloucký gives his blessing to the couple with a certain amount of reticence, which annoys Lukáš. The young widower means to kiss Vendulka, she evades it, and as Paloucký predicted, the couple is already arguing. Only a well-timed drinking song from one of Lukáš's kinsmen can stop the fight.

When Lukáš and Vendulka are alone, he tries to kiss her again, but again he is rebuffed: she refuses to kiss him until they are married. When he insists, she threatens to throw him out of fthe house. Incensed, he leaved.

Later, after falling asleep, Vendulka is awakened by the sound of a polka outside Paloucky's home. It is Lukáš, dancing with and kissing the village girls. Vendulka is both enraged and mortified, and swears to leave her home.

Act II
In a forest near the Bohemian frontier, a band of smugglers lies in waiting. Lukáš, regretting his previous behavior, mourns the disappearance of Vendulka. Tomeš, Lukáš's brother-in-law, tells him to apologize: he notes that while Vendulka is swift to anger, she is also swift to forgive. When they go off, the smugglers indicate they have overheard and laught at Lukáš's plight. They are waiting to meet Vendulka's aunt, Martinka, who does business with the smugglers.

Martinka arrives with Vendulka, who is profoundly unhappy. The smugglers, however, like the audience, know that it will all turn out well in the end. After the smugglers leave, Martinka does her best to persuade Vendulka to return home.

The next morning, Lukáš arrives at Martinka's cottage, with his friends and relatives. He apologizes to Paloucký for his actions towards his daughter, and awaits Vendulka. When she arrives, both are overjoyed. She goes toward him, but first he publicly begs forgiveness before they finally kiss.