Met Opera Live: Rusalka (2017)
Kristine Opolais “gives a vocally lustrous and achingly vulnerable performance” (New York Times) in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvořák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption, giving the work “an inspired staging” (Huffington Post). Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete “a matchless cast” (New York Times), and Sir Mark Elder conducts “a magnificent rendering of the composer’s lush score (Huffington Post).
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Kristine OpolaisRusalka
Brandon JovanovichPrince
Jamie BartonJežibaba
Eric OwensVodník (A Gnome)
Katarina DalaymanForeign Princess
Matthew PolenzaniSelf - HostHyesang ParkFirst Wood SpriteMegan MarinoSecond Wood Sprite
Cassandra Zoé VelascoThird Wood SpriteAnthony Clark EvansHunterAlan OpieGamekeeperDaniela MackKitchen BoyMovie DNA
Frequently asked questions about Met Opera Live: Rusalka
What is Met Opera Live: Rusalka about?
Kristine Opolais “gives a vocally lustrous and achingly vulnerable performance” (New York Times) in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvořák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption, giving the work “an inspired staging” (Huffington Post). Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete “a matchless cast” (New York Times), and Sir Mark Elder conducts “a magnificent rendering of the composer’s lush score (Huffington Post).
How long is Met Opera Live: Rusalka?
Met Opera Live: Rusalka has a runtime of 176 minutes.