The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka

The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka

174 mins | Music | Feb. 8, 2014

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit’s tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” Star conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as the handsome Prince whom Rusalka yearns to love; Dolora Zajick as the cackling swamp witch Ježibaba; Emily Magee as the Foreign Princess, Rusalka’s rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka’s father, the Water Sprite.

The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka

174 mins | Music | Feb. 8, 2014

The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit’s tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” Star conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as the handsome Prince whom Rusalka yearns to love; Dolora Zajick as the cackling swamp witch Ježibaba; Emily Magee as the Foreign Princess, Rusalka’s rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka’s father, the Water Sprite.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera, Decca
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Directors Otto Schenk
Writers Jaroslav Kvapil

Cast

Renée Fleming

as Rusalka

Piotr Beczala

as Prince

Dolora Zajick

as Ježibaba

Emily Magee

as Foreign Princess

John Relyea

as Water Sprite

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

as Conductor