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Double trouble as two directors tackle new Dutch National Opera Rusalka

Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka) and Annette Dasch (Foreign Princess)
© Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Rusalka at Dutch National Opera
© Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Pavel Černoch (Prince)
© Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka)
© Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka) and Raehann Bryce-Davis (Ježibaba)
© Clärchen & Matthias Baus | Dutch National Opera
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“Mallwitz danced through the score, teasing every ounce of fairy dust from the orchestra”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 8 June 2023
Dvořák, Rusalka
Dutch National Opera
Joana Mallwitz, Conductor
Philipp Stölzl, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Heike Vollmer, Set Designer
Anke Winckler, Costume Designer
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Philipp M Krenn, Director
Johanni van Oostrum, Rusalka
Raehann Bryce-Davis, Ježibaba, the Witch
Pavel Černoch, Prince
Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Vodník, the water goblin
Annette Dasch, Foreign Princess
Inna Demenkova, First Wood Sprite
Karin Strobos, Kitchen Boy
Claire Antoine, Second Wood Sprite
Mark Omvlee, The Hunter
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