opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoAntonín Dvořák, Rusalka (1901)
libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil
Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava, 2020
in the making of this opera
- Conductor: Ivor Bolton
- Director: Christof Loy
- Set Designer: Johannes Leiacker
- Rusalka: Asmik Grigorian
- The Prince: Eric Cutler
- The Foreign Princess: Karita Mattila
This Rusalka is the kind of production where the action on stage – a continual swirl of randomly-costumed supernumeraries doing weird things on a set that makes no sense – bears almost no relation to the story. That it succeeds at all is a credit to the excellent music talent on display.