Rusalka - Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

More than anything in the world Rusalka a mysterious and elusive water nymph yearns to become human to win the heart of a young prince. But this metamorphosis comes at a price: she will lose her voice and be damned forever should their love story fail. Rusalka a lyrical fairy tale inspired by The Little Mermaid and Undine is DvoÅ™ák’s penultimate work and one of his greatest successes. In Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s production Norwegian director and choreographer Alan Lucien Øyen adds a new dimension to this masterpiece of the Czech repertoire by representing the main characters on stage twice: by a singer and a dancer. This doubling reinforces the opera’s deeply dreamlike nature. The impressive South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza embodies the character of Rusalka while the Lithuanian conductor Giedré Å lekytÄ— leads the orchestra with brio and intensity.