MUSIC BY ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK | LIBRETTO BY JAROSLAV KVAPIL AFTER UNDINE BY FRIEDRICH DE LA MOTTE FOUQUÉ
World premiere at the National Theatre, Prague, March 31, 1901
JANUARY 23, 28, 30 AND 31, 2016 | ORDWAY MUSIC THEATER Sung in Czech with English translations projected above the stage
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THREE DRYADS Siena Forest, Bergen Baker, Jennifer Panara VODNÍK, A WATER GNOME AND RUSALKA'S FATHER Ben Wager
RUSALKA, A WATER NYMPH Kelly Kaduce
in order of vocal appearance
JEŽIBABA, A WITCH Marianne Cornetti
CONDUCTOR Michael Christie
WIG AND MAKEUP DESIGN David Zimmerman
A HUNTER David Walton
STAGE DIRECTOR Eric Simonson
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR David Radamés Toro
THE PRINCE Khachatur Badalyan
CHOREOGRAPHER Heidi Spesard-Noble
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR Jonathan Brandani
THE FOREIGN PRINCESS Shannon Prickett
SET DESIGN Erhard Rom
CHORUSMASTER Robert Ainsley
COSTUME DESIGN Kärin Kopischke
RÉPÉTITEURS Jessica Hall, Lindsay Woodward
PROJECTION DESIGN Wendall K. Harrington
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Kerry Masek
LIGHTING DESIGN Robert Wierzel, Paul Hackenmueller
CZECH DICTION COACH Milan Mader
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME Running time is approximately 2 hours and 56 minutes, including 2 intermissions. The intermissions will occur approximately 56 and 113 minutes into the opera, respectively.
▴ conducts April 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21 • conducts April 20, 22
This production has been made possible by the generous support of Lead Sponsors Chip and Vicki Emery, and Productions Sponsors Sara and Jock Donaldson, and William White. Rusalka is a coproduction between Minnesota Opera and Boston Lyric Opera. By arrangement with Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., agent in the usa for dilia Theatrical Agency, Czech Republic, publisher. The appearances of Kelly Kaduce, grand prize winner; David Walton, regional finalist; and Shannon Prickett, district finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, are made possible through a Minnesota Opera Endowment Fund established for Artist Enhancement by Barbara White Bemis. The appearances of the Resident Artists are made possible, in part, by the Virginia L. Stringer Endowment Fund for the Minnesota Opera Resident Artist Program.
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Rusalka 2008 © Michal Daniel for Minnesota Opera
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