Name: Rusalka
Start: 2017-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

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Organization

Singer

Soprano

Kristīne Opolais

Rusalka

Katarina Dalayman

Princess

Mezzo-soprano

Jamie Barton

Jezibaba

Tenor

Brandon Jovanovich

Prince

Bass

Eric Owens

Vodnik

Daniela Mack

The Turnspit

Alan Opie

The Gamekeeper

Hera Hyesang Park

First Nymph

Megan Marino

Second Nymph

Cassandra Zoé Velasco

Third Nymph

Baritone

Anthony Clark Evans

The Hunter

Conductor

Mark Elder

Stage director

Mary Zimmerman

Set designer

Daniel Ostling

Costume designer

Mara Blumenfeld

Lighting designer

TJ Gerckens

Choreographer

Austin McCormick

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Czech

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Since her 2013 debut as Magda in La Rondine, Kristine Opolais has become familiar to Met audiences in the works of Giacomo Puccini. In 2016, the soprano’s performances as the title heroine of Dvořák’s Rusalka allowed her to show off another of her signature roles. In a new production by Mary Zimmerman, this classic tale of a water sprite yearning to become a human to find love starts as a whimsical fairytale but quickly develops into a heartbreaking tragedy. On the podium, Sir Mark Elder leads a stirring account of Dvořák’s score, drawing a rich palette of musical colors from the Met Orchestra. Tenor Brandon Jovanovich gives a virile performance as the infatuated Prince, alongside bass Eric Owens as Rusalka’s father, the Water Gnome, and Jamie Barton as the devilish sorceress Ježibaba.

he Metropolitan Opera HD Live Dvořák: Rusalka Conductor: Sir Mark Elder, Production: Mary Zimmerman Rusalka: Kristine Opolais, Foreign Princess: Katarina Dalayman, Ježibaba: Jamie Barton, Prince: Brandon Jovanovich, Water Gnome: Eric Owens

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