Rusalka meets Rocky Horror

By Beate Langenbruch, 04 January 2015

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“ Une mise en scène toujours incisive et satirique”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 1 January 2015

Dvořák, Rusalka

Opéra de Lyon

Konstantin Chudovsky, Conductor

Stefan Herheim, Director

Heike Scheele, Set Designer

Gesine Völlm, Costume Designer

Camilla Nylund, Rusalka

Janina Baechle, Ježibaba, the Witch

Dmytro Popov, Prince

Szemeredy, Karoly, Vodník, the water goblin

Annalena Persson, Foreign Princess

Czetner, Zsolt, Choirmaster / chorus director

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

Willaschek, Wolfgang, Dramaturgy

Berlin, Fettfilm, Video

Göbble, Wolfgang, Lighting Designer

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Beate Langenbruch

Incapable de départager musique et littérature dans sa vie, Beate a décidé de se consacrer passionnément aux deux. La maîtresse de conférences en littérature française (Moyen Âge) et soprano allemande parcourt le monde pour ses recherches comme pour chanter, avec son trio de musique de chambre, en soliste ou en choeur. Ses années d'expériences instrumentales (piano, flûte, guitare) n'ont que très modérément entravé son amour inconditionnel de la voix et du répertoire choral en particulier.

Rusalka meets Rocky Horror : Dvořák et ses miroirs à l’Opéra de Lyon