Dvorak: Rusalka (BD)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House;
Bychkov, Semyon

OA BD7322 D

Soloists: Asmik Grigorian (Rusalka); David Butt Philip (Prince); Aleksei Isaev (Vodnik); Emma Bell (Duchess); Sarah Connolly (Ježibaba); Ross Ramgobin (Hajny); Hongni Wu (Kuchtík)

Stage Directors: Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee

A contemporary staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale with environmental themes.

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back.

Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it. Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-star cast featuring Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa) in the title role.

Blu-ray

Muzyka klasyczna

Opus Arte

04-06-2024

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