Rusalka – Antonín Dvořák
Opera
26 January 2024
A fantastic and marvellous opera, Rusalka is undoubtedly one of the jewels of the entire Slavonic operatic repertoire. A major work that is all too rarely performed!
Rusalka, a young water nymph, has fallen in love with a prince from the human world. Despite the warnings of her father the Ondin, she has only one wish: to leave her world and marry him. To do so, she accepts a deal offered by the old Jezibaba: if she wants to live among humans, she must give up her voice. Rusalka accepts this sacrifice. But the Prince soon abandons her for another woman, the foreign Princess...