Met Opera: Rusalka

Par Rebecca Lentjes, 26 janvier 2014

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Critique faite à Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York, le 23 janvier 2014

Dvořák, Rusalka

Metropolitan Opera

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Direction

Otto Schenk, Mise en scène

Renée Fleming, Rusalka

Emily Magee, Princesse étrangère

Dolora Zajick, Ježibaba, la Sorcière

Piotr Beczała, Prince

John Relyea, Vodník, le père Ondin

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.

An enchanting Rusalka at the Met Opera