Antonín Dvořák - Rusalka

Antonín Dvořák is a Czech composer whose work has been heard regularly at the State Opera since its inception. Rusalka, today an opera classic that must not be missing in the repertoire of any opera house, was written based on the fairy tale libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil. The work is a story about the relationship between man and the world of natural elements, about the tragic consequences of the meeting of these two worlds, about punishment and forgiveness. Dvořák created two worlds in music as well. The music of the human environment is robust, sonically specific, and the folk characters of the forester and the cook have a harsh humor. Dvořák gave the world of fairy-tale creatures an almost impressionistic subtlety and color harmony.

Patrícia Malovec as RUSSELLA
Peter Berger as PRINCE
Veronika Mihalková as FOREIGN PRINCESS
Ivan Zvarík as WATERMAN
Michaela Šebestová as JEŽIBABA
Martin Morháč as HAJNÝ
Michaela Kušteková as KUCHTÍK
Michaela Kraus as I. WOMAN
Darina Benčová as II. WOMAN
Alena Grach as III. WOMAN
Milan Hajaš as HUNTER

Cooperating: Choir, orchestra and ballet of the State Opera
Concert master: Oldřich Husák

Libreto: Jaroslav Kvapil
Music staging: Ján Procházka
Conductor: Ján Procházka
Director: Jana Pletichová Andělová
Choirmaster: Iveta Popovičová
Movement collaboration: Jiří Kyselák
Science: Jaroslav Milfajt
Costumes: Jana Kuttnerová
Dramaturgy: Alžbeta Lukáčová