Dvořák’s Rusalka is a true gem of Czech opera, one that has won over audiences worldwide.
The composer’s ardent melodies, both tender and dramatically extreme, his masterful work with musical motifs and full-blooded orchestration, as well as Jaroslav Kvapil’s fairy-tale libretto, evoking Erben’s immensely forcible ballads, make Rusalka a work of fascinating beauty addressing audiences of all ages. Rusalka is customary deemed a “mere” fairy-tale. To be sure, there is no doubt that the fantastic story and the characters of the nymphs, water goblin or the witch are of a fairy-tale nature, yet in its fairy-tale scenes Dvořák’s paramount operatic work bears an enciphered yet profound message about the fundamental order of powers, elements, energies and passions in the natural, therefore also human, world.
author: Antonín Dvořák
libretto: Jaroslav Kvapil
musical preparation: Jakub Hrůša
conductor: Robert Jindra/Zbyněk Müller/Petr Popelka
stage director: Jiří Heřman
sets: Jaroslav Bönisch
cast: Dana Burešová/Maria Kobielska, Peter Berger/Aleš Briscein/Richard Samek/Pavel Černoch, Jiří Sulženko/František Zahradníček, Jolana Fogašová/Veronika Hajnová/Denisa Hamarová ...
Type | opera |
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Length | 3 hr. 10 min. |
Language of subtitles | English |
Foreign languages | Czech |
Event venue | National Theatre (Praha) |
Date and time of event | Past dates |
Data source | Ticketpro |