Details

Based on De la Motte's 'Undine' Rusalka is a water sprite who becomes human so that she can marry a prince, only to find that he is unfaithful. First performed in the National Theatre, Prague on 31st March 1901 Sung in Czech with English supertitles.

Cast/Performers

Anne Sophie Duprels (Rusalka), Willard White (Sir - Rusalka's Father / Merman), Peter Wedd (The Prince), Leah-Marian Jones (Jezibaba), Natalya Romaniw (Foreign Princess), Julian Hubbard (Gamekeeper), Clare Presland (Kitchen Hand), Elin Pritchard (Wood Nymph), Emma Kerr (Wood Nymph), Sioned Gwen Davies (Wood Nymph)

Creatives/Company

Music: Dvorak
Lyrics: Jaroslav Kvapil
Company: Scottish Opera
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director(s): Antony McDonald, Lucy Burge (movement director)
Design: Antony McDonald
Lighting: Wolfgang Goebbel
Costume: Gabrielle Dalton (associate costume designer)