San Francisco Opera offers a dark, powerful Rusalka

By Edward Sava-Segal, 25 June 2019

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Reviewed at War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco on 22 June 2019

Dvořák, Rusalka

San Francisco Opera

Eun Sun Kim, Conductor

Sir David McVicar, Director

John Macfarlane, Set Designer

Moritz Junge, Costume Designer

Rachel Willis-Sørensen, Rusalka

Brandon Jovanovich, Prince

Kristinn Sigmundsson, Vodník, the water goblin

Jamie Barton, Ježibaba, the Witch

Sarah Cambidge, Foreign Princess

Laura Krumm, Kitchen Boy

Philip Horst, Gamekeeper

Natalie Image, First Wood Sprite

Simone McIntosh, Second Wood Sprite

Ashley Dixon, Third Wood Sprite

Andrew Manea, The Hunter

San Francisco Opera Chorus

Ian Robertson, Choirmaster / chorus director

San Francisco Opera Orchestra

San Francisco Opera Dance Corps

Leah Hausman, Revival Director

Andrew George, Choreography

David Finn, Lighting Designer

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.