Name: Rusalka
Start: 2023-06-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Organization

Holland Festival

Tenor

Pavel Černoch

Prince

Stage director

Philipp Stölzl

Set designer

Heike Vollmer

Lighting designer

Dramaturge

Simon Berger

Conductor

Joana Mallwitz

Choreographer

Juanjo Arqués

Chorus master

Edward Ananian-Cooper

Soprano

Johanni van Oostrum

Rusalka

Bass

Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev

Vodnik

Annette Dasch

Princess

Mezzo-soprano

Raehann Bryce-Davis

Jezibaba

Inna Demenkova

First Nymph

Karin Strobos

The Turnspit

Philipp M. Krenn

Costume designer

Anke Winckler

Cor van den Brink

Erik Slik

The Gamekeeper

Baritone

Georgiy Derbas-Richter

The Hunter

Elenora Hu

Second Nymph

Contralto

Maya Gour

Third Nymph

Répétiteur

Jan-Paul Grijpink

Irina Sisoyeva

Assistant Conductor

Aldert Vermeulen

Assistant Director

Meisje Barbara Hummel

Isabel Schröder

Singer

Hajný (gamekeeper)

Kuchtík (Turnspit)

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Others

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

Orchestra

Concertgebouworkest

Rodrigo Porras Garulo

Czech

Amsterdam

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Rusalka Dvořák

Enjoy the dramatic (but colourful!) final duet from Dutch National Opera’s Rusalka. With Johanni van Oostrum as Rusalka and Pavel Černoch in the role of the prince.

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CREDITS

Composer: Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Czech

Libretto  Jaroslav Kvapil

Musical direction: Joana Mallwitz
Stage direction: Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn
Lighting design: Philipp Stölzl
Set design: Heike Vollmer, Philipp Stölzl
Costume design: Anke Winckler
Choreography: Juanjo Arqués
Dramaturgy: Simon Berger

Princ (Prince): Pavel Černoch
Cizí kněžna (Foreign Princess): Annette Dasch
Rusalka: Johanni van Oostrum
Ježibaba: Raehann Bryce-Davis
Vodník (Water Goblin): Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev
Kuchtík (Kitchen Boy): Karin Strobos
Hajný (Gamekeeper): Erik Slik
Lovec (Hunter): Georgiy Derbas-Richter*
Lesní žinky: (Wood Nymphs)
Inna Demenkova*
Elenora Hu*
Maya Gour*

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Chorus master  Edward Ananian-Cooper

* Dutch National Opera Studio

Part of Holland Festival

Is a dream worth the ultimate sacrifice?
Rusalka is Czech composer Antonín Dvořák’s most successful opera and tells a story very similar to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. Its highlight is often considered to be the wistful, haunting ‘Song to the Moon’, in which Rusalka asks the moon to reveal her love to the prince. Dvořák’s composition is achingly stunning, its sound is poetic and sensual and full of wonderful sound effects. 

Conductor Joana Mallwitz leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and directed by Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn, soprano Johanni van Oostrum sings the role of Rusalka. Czech tenor Pavel Černoch sings the role of the prince, and American mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis makes her debut as the witch Ježibaba. A timeless tale of dreams, desire and disappointment.

Is een droom het ultieme offer waard?
Rusalka is de meest geliefde opera van de Tsjechische componist Antonín Dvořák. Beroemd is Rusalka's ‘Lied aan de maan’, waarin zij de maan smeekt haar geliefde te zeggen dat zij op hem wacht. De muziek van de opera is uiterst poëtisch en sensueel en laat de natuur, nimfen en watergeesten in een prachtige klankschildering tot leven komen.

Met dirigent Joana Mallwitz aan het hoofd van het Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest, en onder regie van Philipp Stölzl en Philipp M. Krenn, zingt sopraan Johanni van Oostrum de rol van Rusalka. De Tsjechische tenor Pavel Černoch is de prins, en de Amerikaanse mezzosopraan Raehann Bryce-Davis maakt haar debuut als zeeheks Ježibaba. Een tijdloos verhaal over dromen, verlangen en teleurstelling.

Deutsch

Rusalka by Dvořák, From (2023/2023), Directed by Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn,, Conductor Joana Mallwitz, Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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