Garsington Opera is making the most of the embarrassment of musical riches Dvořák offers in his Rusalka – adding acrobats and aerialists to their staging for good measure, writes Ken Walton Did you ...

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Rusalka promises a powerful show brimming with life and the tragedy of wasted sacrifice. Like Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, water nymph Rusalka is offered the chance to experience love ...

Sally Mathews as an increasingly tormented Rusalka, with mermaid sisters Admirably upfront chorus nymphs (literally so as they shake their breasts in the refrains of their opening chorus), some clever ...

Here’s some tragedy for you: Picture Sondra Radvanovsky, the celebrity soprano who’s earned her fame with her extraordinary voice, standing downstage centre of Four Seasons Centre for the Performing ...

Will the prince be able to repair the damage and keep his love human, or will she morph into a murderous spirit? Considered one of the greatest achievements of Czech composer Antonín Dvorák, the opera ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Most of the time in the opera world, the same perhaps 50 venerable classics are performed over and over again. They are great works, and it is worth hearing ...

Opera North is back at the Lowry in June with La Boheme, Mary Stuart and Rusalka. Here, associate director of Rusalka, Luise Napier gives us her five reasons why you should make a trip to the Lowry ...

Kristine Opolais stars in her first Met performance as the title character in Antonin Dvořák's Rusalka. The critically acclaimed new staging, directed by Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Mark Elder, ...