Name: Rusalka
Start: 1986-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 1986-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: London Coliseum

Organization

Conductor

Mark Elder

Chorus master

Martin Handley

Stage director

David Pountney

Set designer

Stefanos Lazaridis

Choreographer

Terry John Bates

Soprano

Eilene Hannan

Rusalka

Tenor

John Treleaven

Prince

Bass

Rodney Macann

Vodnik

Mezzo-soprano

Ann Howard

Jezibaba

Phyllis Cannan

Princess

Cathryn Pope

First Nymph

Eileen Hulse

Second Nymph

Linda McLeod

Third Nymph

Fiona Kimm

The Turnspit

Baritone

Christopher Booth-Jones

The Hunter

English National Opera

London

United Kingdom

"David Pountney’s landmark English National Opera staging of Dvořák’s haunting fairy tale opera left critics and audiences spellbound. The production is set in a Victorian nursery where an adolescent girl, on the brink of sensual awakening, dreams of first love. Her story is that of Rusalka the wood nymph who, like Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid, sacrifices all for a love destined to be betrayed. High above the stage Rusalka dreamily swings as the picturesque gives way to the surreal. Influenced by Jung and Freud, Magritte and Delvaux and magically realised in the designs of Stefanos Lazaridis, Pountney’s Rusalka succeeds in creating a fairy tale to enchant the most hardened modern audience.

David Pountney states that Rusalka is about “a typical initiation into social and sexual experience” – the evolution from a child to young woman. He conjures up an enchanted world of repression and surreal fantasy. The set is spacious, gleaming white and full of archetypal symbols including a rocking horse, wardrobe, furniture which slides about, dolls that dance, floorboards that open to reveal a pool with a swing high above it. The effect produces a dreamworld which teeters on the edge of a nightmare."

London Coliseum

Rusalka Dvořák,A

Public

Approved

Instrumentalist

Pianist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

hornist

Oboist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Trombonist

Harper

Saxophonist

Harpsichordist

Bassist

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Illustrator

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Extra

Contralto

Singer

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Child vocalist

Silent

Alto

Continuo

Watch full performance here: Rusalka (1986)

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David Pountney's landmark English National opera staging of Dvorak's haunting
fairy tale opera left critics and audiences spellbound. The production is set in a
Victorian nursery where an adolescent girl, on the brink of sensual awakening,
dreams of first love. Her story is that or Rusalka the wood nymph who, like Hans
Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, sacrifices all for a love destined to be betrayed.
High above the stage Rusalka dreamily swings as the picturesque gives way to the
surreal. Influenced by Jung and Freud, Magritte and Delvaux and magically realised
in the designs of Stefanos Lazaridis, Pountney's Rusalka succeeds in creating a fairy
tale to enchant the most hardened modern audience.
David Pountney states that Rusalka is about "a typical initiation into social and
sexual experience- the evolution from a child to young woman. He conjures up an
enchanted world of repression and surreal fantasy. The set is spacious, gleaming
white and full of archetypal symbols including a rocking horse, wardrobe, furniture
which slides about, dolls that dance, floorboards that open to reveal a pool with a
swing high above it. The effect produces a dreamworld which teeters on the edge
of a nightmare.

English

Rusalka by Dvořák, Céa 01 Eaná 1986, Ó (1986/1986), Faoi stiúir David Pountney,, Seoltóir Mark Elder, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

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