Dvořák: Rusalka (Bluray Video)

A contemporary production of Dvořák's lyrical fairy tale with environmental themes Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world - a world that does not love her back. Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee stage Dvořák's lyrical fairy tale in a poetic, contemporary new production that reveals our uneasy relationship with the natural world and man's attempts to possess and tame it. Semyon Bychkov conducts a top-class cast with Asmik Grigorian in the title role. Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world – a world that does not love her back. Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvorák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it. Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-star cast featuring Asmik Grigorian in the title role.