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Water nymph meets prince: Rusalka at the Lyric Opera of Chicago

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“For an opera character, it is nearly a death sentence.”
Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 22 February 2014
Dvořák, Rusalka
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Ana María Martínez, Rusalka
Brandon Jovanovich, Prince
Jill Grove, Ježibaba, the Witch
Eric Owens, Vodník, the water goblin
Ekaterina Gubanova, Foreign Princess
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Sir David McVicar, Director
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