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Not a dry eye in the house: Rusalka at Czech National Theatre

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Reviewed at National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Prague on 11 March 2014
Dvořák, Rusalka
Zbyněk Müller, Conductor
Jiří Heřman, Director
Jaroslav Bönisch, Set Designer
Alexandra Grusková, Costume Designer
Dana Burešová, Rusalka
Jolana Fogašová, Ježibaba, the Witch, Foreign Princess
Peter Berger, Prince
František Zahradníček, Vodník, the water goblin
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