An audacious update of a Dvořák classic in Prague

Kateřina Kněžíková (Rusalka)

Ester Pavlů (Foreign Princess) and Kateřina Kněžíková (Rusalka)

Jiří Hájek (Gamekeeper) and Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir (Turnspit)

Rusalka

Par Frank Kuznik, 29 septembre 2024

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“the problem with this production isn’t a lack of ideas, but a surfeit of them”

Critique faite à National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague, le 27 septembre 2024

Dvořák, Rusalka

Prague National Theatre Opera

David Švec, Direction

SKUTR (Martin Kukučka and Lukáš Trpišovský), Mise en scène

Martin Chocholoušek, Décors

Simona Rybáková, Costumes

Karel Šimek, Lumières

Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Prague National Theatre Chorus

Beno Blachut Jr, Dramaturgie

Kateřina Kněžíková, Rusalka

Alžběta Poláčková, Rusalka

Mykhailo Malafii, Prince

Aleš Briscein, Prince

František Zahradníček, Vodník, le père Ondin

Peter Kellner, Vodník, le père Ondin

Pavel Švingr, Vodník, le père Ondin

Lucie Hilscherová, Ježibaba, la Sorcière

Jana Sýkorová, Ježibaba, la Sorcière

Ester Pavlů, Princesse étrangère

Kateřina Jalovcová, Princesse étrangère

Jiří Hájek, le garde forestier, le chasseur

Csaba Kotlár, le garde forestier, le chasseur

Arnheiður Eiríksdóttir, le marmiton

Anna Moriová, le marmiton

Adriana Banásová, Première nymphe

Yukiko Kinjo, Première nymphe

Alena Grach, Deuxième nymphe

Jarmila Vantuchová, Deuxième nymphe

Bella Adamova, Troisième nymphe

Alžběta Vomáčková, Troisième nymphe

Jan Kodet, Chorégraphie

Lukáš Kozubík, Chef de chœur

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Frank Kuznik, 23rd April

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Frank Kuznik, 26th March

Timo Riihonen and Ester Pavlů stand out in a strong cast which carries Andreas Homoki's revised version of Wagner's final opera.

****1

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Dominic Lowe, 4th March

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****1

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Frank Kuznik, 12th February

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.

An audacious update of a Dvořák classic at Prague's National Theatre