Ruzena Dostalova--Ales Brezina: recke pasije. Osud jedne opery (korespondence Nikose Kazantzakise s Bohuslavem Martinu) [the greek passion. The fate of one opera (the correspondence of Nikos Kazantzakis with Bohuslav Martinu)]: Prague, Set Out Press 2003.

This new book is designed for all admirers of Bohuslav Mortinu or the writer Nikos Kazantzakis. Bohuslav Martini's last opera, The Greek Passion is a work that was long and difficult in the making. One proof of the obstacles is the fact that today two versions of the opera are being staged in parallel. As a basis for his last opera, Msrtinu chose Nikos Kazantzakis's novel Christ Recrucified. The present book illuminates the complex birth of the opera, and also the development of the professional and personal relationship between Mortinu and Nikos Kazantzakis, by offering their complete mutual correspondence from the years 1954-1959. A total of 69 letters are presented in Czech translation, together with facsimile reproductions. Apart from the correspondence, published here in Czech for the first time, the book contains photographs, both versions of the libretto in Czech and English, two articles by the historian Ruzena Dostilova and an article by Ales Brezina on the two scores the Greek Passion.