| jeudi 23 juillet 2026 | 19:00 |
| samedi 25 juillet 2026 | 18:00 |
| Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904) | Rusalka | Livret de Jaroslav Kvapil |
| Bayerische Staatsoper | ||
| Petr Popelka | Direction | |
| Martin Kušej | Mise en scène | |
| Martin Zehetgruber | Décors | |
| Heidi Hackl | Costumes | |
| Reinhard Traub | Lumières | |
| Bayerisches Staatsorchester | ||
| Bayerischer Staatsopernchor | ||
| Olaf Schmitt | Dramaturgie | |
| Franz Obermair | Chef de chœur | |
| Malin Byström | Soprano | Rusalka |
| Pavel Černoch | Ténor | Prince |
| Christof Fischesser | Basse | Vodník, le père Ondin |
| Jamie Barton | Mezzo-soprano | Ježibaba, la Sorcière |
| Elena Guseva | Soprano | Princesse étrangère |
| Tansel Akzeybek | Ténor | le garde forestier |
| Meg Brilleslyper | Mezzo-soprano | le marmiton |
| Vitor Bispo | Basse | le chasseur |
| Elene Gvritishvili | Soprano | Première nymphe |
| Nicole Chirka | Soprano | Deuxième nymphe |
| Natalie Lewis | Mezzo-soprano | Troisième nymphe |
Rusalka feels trapped in a world from which there is no escape. She is ready to put her immortality on the line in return for a human soul, so she can gain the love of a handsome prince. But she must pay for it with her voice. Muted and liberated from her dark world, she is forced to watch as the prince rejects her in favor of a foreign princess – dooming them both. She cannot live, she cannot die, yet nevertheless at the end, she helps the prince find his death with a “rescuing” kiss.
In their opera Rusalka, which premièred in 1901, Antonin Dvořák and his librettist Jaroslav Kvapil mixed the Slavic myth of the undead vengeful woman from the water with such storybook characters as Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s Undine and Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid. The fascinating musical worlds, the lyrical and highly dramatic moments came together to make Rusalka one of the most successful Czech operas ever written.
Tickets: € 163 / 142 / 117 / 91 / 64 / 39 / 15 / 11
