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Rusalka

Rusalka (Christine Opolais) gives up her immortality for a chance at love with the prince (Klaus Florian Vogt) — but she's not the only one who has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Bavarian State Opera

June 25, 2011, 1:00 pm

Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Conductor: Tomas Hanus

 

Cast: Kristine Opolais ................. Rusalka
Klaus Forian Vogt ................. The Prince
Gunther Groissbock ................. Vodnik
Janina Baechle ................. Jezibaba
Nadia Krasteva ................. The Foreign Princess
Ulrich Ress ................. Gamekeeper
Tara Erraught ................. Turnspit

 

Of Dvorak's dozen or so operas, Rusalka is the most widely-heard -- and arguably the best. Its title character is a beautiful water nymph who falls tragically in love with a fickle human prince, and the opera's music is Dvorak at his finest.

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