Royal Opera House 2023/24: Rusalka

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The Royal Opera

Dvorák RUSALKA

[New production recorded live in 2022]

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back.

Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it. Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-star cast featuring Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa) in the title role.

Cast: Asmik Grigorian, David Butt Philip, Emma Bell, Sarah Connolly, Matthew Rose, Ross Ramgobin,

Hongni Wu, Vuvu Mpofu, Gabrielė Kupšytė, Anne Marie Stanley, Josef Jeongmeen Ahn

Conductor: Semyon Bychkov

Directors: Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami  

Running time: 225 minutes, One interval

Sung in Czech with English subtitles