The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka(2014)

Name: The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka
Director: Otto Schenk
Genre: Music
Released: 2014-01-01
Duration: 174 min
Cast: Renée Fleming, Piotr Beczała, Dolora Zajick, Emily Magee, John Relyea

Renée Fleming Piotr Beczała Dolora Zajick Emily Magee John Relyea

Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit’s tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” Star conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as the handsome Prince whom Rusalka yearns to love; Dolora Zajick as the cackling swamp witch Ježibaba; Emily Magee as the Foreign Princess, Rusalka’s rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka’s father, the Water Sprite.