Rusalka

Synopsis

Antonin Dvorak’s next to last opera draws its substance from the underwater wonderland of little mermaids, Undines and Melusines: the water nymph Rusalka falls hopelessly in love with a prince and, although she is willing to sacrifice her voice to acquire the human form she needs in order to stay with him, the disparity between them proves to be too great. Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto inspired Dvorak to compose a masterpiece, a compelling opera full of poignant lyricism and dramatic twists. Ádám Fisher and Stefan Herheim masterfully presented this ‘lyrical fairytale’ at La Monnaie in 2008. In this widely acclaimed interpretation, the fairytale elements sometimes assume frighteningly realistic dimensions so that one might see this enchanting production as a psychoanalytical study of male fantasies and female archetypes.

Main Cast

Myrtò Papatanasiu

Rusalka

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Willard White

Vodnik

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Pavel Cernoch

The prince

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Renée Morloc

Jezibaba

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Annalena Persson

The foreign prince

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Jaroslav Kvapil
Directing	Stage Director	Stefan Herheim
	Director	Willy Vanduren
Sound	Music Director	Ádám Fischer
	Original Music Composer	Antonín Dvořák
Art	Production Design	Heike Scheele
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