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San Francisco Opera offers a dark, powerful Rusalka

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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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