Rusalka
From: Friday, 25th June 2010
To: Friday, 25 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:
Damian Robson - 25 June 2010
Samuel Butler once said “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all” and so is the case with the heroine in the Opera Rusalka, by the Czech composer Dvorak. Played as part of the touring repertoire from Opera North in its residency at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle.
Rusalka is a tale based loosely on three sources, although the main and most recognisable one is the tale of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson. Rusalka Giselle Allen is an Undine – a water Nymph, who has fallen in love with a mortal, the Prince, Richard Berkley-Steele who returns again and again to the water’s edge in search of yet the unseen Undine. Rusalka begs her Grandfather, a Water Sprite, Richard Angas to allow her to become human so she can experience love and humanity with her beloved Prince; with heavy heart, the Sprite tells her of a witch, Je˛ibaba Anne-Marie Owens who lives in the forest, and can perform such a task. There are of course ...
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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