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RusalkaKids event

State Opera (Státní opera)Wilsonova 4, Prague, Central Bohemian Region, 110 00, Czechia
Dates/times in Prague time zone
Sunday 08 March 202618:00
Saturday 14 March 202619:00
Wednesday 20 May 202619:00
Programme
Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)RusalkaLibretto by Jaroslav Kvapil
Performers
Prague State Opera
Ondrej OlosConductor
Anna PozidisConductor
Zdeněk TroškaDirector
Milan FerenčíkSet Designer
Josef JelínekCostume Designer
Prague State Opera Orchestra
Jitka SlavíkováDramaturgy
Dana MorávkováChoreography
Zuzana KadlčíkováChoirmaster / chorus director
Prague National Theatre Opera Ballet
Pupils of the Olga Kyndlová Ballet School
Pueri gaudentes boys’ choir
Olga BusuiocSopranoRusalka
Jana SiberaSopranoRusalka
Petra Šimková-AlvarezSopranoRusalka
Veronika RovnáSopranoRusalka
Evan LeRoy JohnsonTenorPrince
Aleš BrisceinTenorPrince
Peter BergerTenorPrince
Martin ŠrejmaTenorPrince
Roman VocelBassVodník, the water goblin
Zdeněk PlechBassVodník, the water goblin
Ivo HrachovecBassVodník, the water goblin
Jana SýkorováMezzo-sopranoJežibaba, the Witch
Andrea Tögel KalivodováMezzo-sopranoJežibaba, the Witch
Kateřina JalovcováMezzo-sopranoJežibaba, the Witch
Dana BurešováSopranoForeign Princess
Tamara MorozováSopranoForeign Princess
Jan JežekTenorGamekeeper, The Hunter
Jiří HájekBaritoneGamekeeper, The Hunter
Jiří BrücklerBaritoneGamekeeper, The Hunter
Lenka PavlovičSopranoKitchen Boy
Jarmila VantuchováMezzo-sopranoKitchen Boy
Ekaterina KrovatevaSopranoFirst Wood Sprite
Yukiko KinjoSopranoFirst Wood Sprite
Sylva ČmugrováSopranoSecond Wood Sprite
Markéta CukrováMezzo-sopranoSecond Wood Sprite
Šárka HrbáčkováContraltoThird Wood Sprite
Alžběta VomáčkováMezzo-sopranoThird Wood Sprite

The fruit of the collaboration between the two great creators, Antonín Dvořák and Jaroslav Kvapil, who were close as artists and friends alike, was a magical, dreamy story of the great, unfulfilled desire of the water nymph Rusalka, a work in which Dvořák’s musical genius reached its apex. The fairy-tale atmosphere inspired the composer to create singular, impressionistic music replete with melodic imagination and masterful instrumentation, a suggestive expression of the play of waves and the reflection of moonlight on the surface of a lake, as well as the overwhelming magic of a fairy-tale dream.

Since its premiere in 2005, the production of Rusalka directed by the distinguished Czech film-maker Zdeněk Troška, has been one of the most popular titles performed at the State Opera.

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