Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Lyric fairy tale in three acts, Op. 114, B. 203 (1900)
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil

With its wonderfully poetic and sensual score, “Rusalka” is Antonín Dvořák’s most beloved opera, filled with musical effects that evoke the beauty and magic of a world inhabited by nymphs and water sprites. Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto is based on a famously tragic children’s fairy tale, but in this acclaimed reinvention by directors Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn Rusalka is depicted as a young woman from the dark fringes of society. She trades her power of speech to live in Hollywood at the side of a handsome movie star but is doomed to remain an outsider and a lost soul.

The Prince – Pavel Černoch, tenor
The Foreign Princess – Annette Dasch, soprano
Rusalka – Johanni Van Oostrum, soprano
Ježibaba – Raehann Bryce-Davis, mezzo-soprano
Vodník – Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, bass

Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor – Joana Mallwitz
Stage Directors – Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn

Video Director – Michael Beyer
Filmed on 5 and 13 June 2023 at Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam, Netherlands
With the participation of Mezzo

DVD 2.110783 / Blu-ray NBD0193V

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