The start is so meltingly full of promise: translucent heartbreak from the Royal Opera Orchestra under Semyon Bychkov, then a vision of Rusalka swimming with the Prince who’s been drawn to the forest ...

First performed in Prague in 1901, Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto is a fairytale heavily indebted to Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. Water nymph Rusalka falls in love with a prince and goes ...

The Canadian Opera Company's RUSALKA utilizes Lyric Opera's 2014 production under the direction of Sir David McVicar, making his COC debut. This retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little ...

Rusalka is coming to Den Norske Opera. The opera version of The Little Mermaid, Rusalka, offers both enchantingly beautiful music and a brutal story. After all, sacrificing everything for love ...

Rusalka is an opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben. A rusalka is a water sprite from Slavic ...

At the Met, ‘Rusalka’ Serves Up Fishy Unrealness Mezzo Jamie Barton is magical in the role of a witch in terrible Met opera production. By James Jorden • 02/03/17 2:14pm ...

Jaroslav Kvapil (1868-1950) was a Czech author and poet who had written the libretto for Rusalka before Dvořák became interested in it. The opera takes place in an unspecified fairy-tale setting.

Sometimes we pursue our dreams, and they come to fruition. Sometimes they don’t. “Rusalka,” presented by Portland Opera at the Keller Auditorium this month, gives us the latter viewpoint.

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The opera by Antonin Dvorak about a water nymph’s journey into the human world, first performed in 1901, is making its debut at La Scala in June. By David Belcher Poor Rusalka. The title ...