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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 ...

Rusalka, Antonn Dvoks enchanting 1901 fairytale about a water nymph who trades her voice for love, returns to the War Memorial Opera House stage in a thoughtfully conceived and brilliantly executed ...

Ann Yee and Natalie Abrahami’s thoughtful and effective new production shapes Dvorák’s opera into a tale of mankind versus nature. A first-rate cast is matched by Semyon Bychkov in the pit ‘You’re ...

This much beloved opera, with its mythical and folk aspects, has delighted opera fans since its world premiere in 1901 Love struck Rusalka (soprano Alla Vasilevitsky) meets a handsome prince (tenor ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. How many eels can one woman throw? Are there monsters in your basement? What do mermaids have in common with ...

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 ...

Mind you, it would never do to have someone wandering around designer Tom Piper’s wonderful set without a very clear idea of where to go next. The choreography is busy, to put it mildly, with a troupe ...

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 ...