Rusalka
From: Saturday, 22nd May 2010
To: Friday, 11 June 2010
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Synopsis
Based on De la Motte's 'Undine' Rusalka is a water sprite who becomes human so that she can marry a prince, only to find that he is unfaithful. First performed in the National Theatre, Prague on 31st March 1901
Our Review:
22 May 2010
Rusalka has the same problem as The Pearl Fishers – it’s a one-hit opera – but, whereas Bizet reprises “Au fond du temple saint” at every opportunity, Rusalka’s Song to the Moon is surrounded by music of very different character. Wagner is the most cited influence on Dvorak here, but, when three Wood Nymphs begin with their “ho-ho-hos” in emulation of the Valkyrie, it’s not long before Bohemian dance rhythms take over. A friskily naive wedding chorus could be by Sullivan until it’s counterpointed with an agonised song of loss. The witch Jezibaba recalls Humperdinck as she prepares to eat the Kitchen Boy before moving into full Wagnerian mode for Rusalka’s final tragic transformation.
The story is slight for a three-act opera and it’s a tribute to the power of the music and the performance that the Wagnerian climax doesn’t seem overblown at the end of what is to British taste a trivial tale. Rusalka, a water nymph, falls in love with a prince and asks to be transfo...
Cast
Giselle Allen (Rusalka)
Richard Berrkeley-Steele (The Prince)
Anne-Marie Owens (Jezibaba)
Susannah Glanville (The Foreign Princess)
Richard Angas (The Water Sprite)
Creative
Dvorak (Music)
Jaroslav Kvapil (Lyrics)
Opera North (Company)
Oliver von Dohnanyi (Conductor)
Olivia Fuch (Director)
Niki Turner K:Niki Turner (Design)
Bruno Poet (Lighting)
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