Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
Kristine Opolais (Rusalka), Klaus Florian Vogt (Prince), Nadia Krasteva (Foreign Princess), Gunther Groissböck (Goblin), Janina Baechle (Ježibaba), Ulrich Reß (Forester), Tara Erraught (Kitchen Boy), John Chest (Hunter)
Bayerischen Staatsoper, Tomas Hanus, Martin Kušej
Musically things are almost equally outstanding, certainly in the performance of the title role by Opolais, and in the exceptional conducting of Tomas Hanus.
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114
Kristine Opolais (Rusalka), Klaus Florian Vogt (Prince), Nadia Krasteva (Foreign Princess), Gunther Groissböck (Goblin), Janina Baechle (Ježibaba), Ulrich Reß (Forester), Tara Erraught (Kitchen Boy), John Chest (Hunter)
Bayerischen Staatsoper, Tomas Hanus, Martin Kušej
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Musically things are almost equally outstanding, certainly in the performance of the title role by Opolais, and in the exceptional conducting of Tomas Hanus.
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This highly acclaimed production from the Bayerische Staatsoper, a powerful and fascinating re-interpretation of Dvořák’s fairy-tale opera Rusalka, was a revelation: the young, up-and-coming Latvian soprano, Kristīne Opolais, whose performance was rightly hailed by the press as “one of the most vivid and striking accomplishments seen on an opera stage in a long time” (Vienna’s leading daily Der Standard). With her supple and velvety soprano voice, her captivating physical beauty and her hauntingly moving stage presence, Kristīne Opolais perfectly embodies the role of the water nymph who becomes a human being in order to find love.
Bonus: Making of “Rusalka”
Recording date: Bayerische Staatsoper, 2010
Sound format: Dolby Stereo, dts 5.0
Picture format: 16:9, HD
Subtitles: Eng, Ger, Fr, Sp, Cn, Kor; Bonus: Eng
Booklet: Eng, Ger, Fr
Total running time: 192 mins (156 mins Opera + 36 mins Bonus)
Contents and tracklist
- Kristine Opolais (Rusalka), Klaus Florian Vogt (Prince), Nadia Krasteva (Foreign Princess), Gunther Groissböck (Goblin), Janina Baechle (Ježibaba), Ulrich Reß (Forester), Tara Erraught (Kitchen Boy), John Chest (Hunter), Evgeniya Sotnikova (1st Wood Nymph), Angela Brower (2nd Wood Nymph) & Okka von der Damerau (3rd Wood Nymph)
- Chor der Bayerischen Staatsoper & Bayerisches Staatsorchester
- Tomas Hanus (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director)
Awards and reviews
February 2017
Musically things are almost equally outstanding, certainly in the performance of the title role by Opolais, and in the exceptional conducting of Tomas Hanus.
