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Title:

Rusalka (DVD) / Dvořák ; a Metropolitan Opera high-definition production ; production by Otto Schenk.

Publisher:

Decca,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Operas.
Televised operas.
Operas.

Other Authors:

Schenk, Otto, producer.
Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1868-1950, librettist.
Fleming, Renée, singer.
Beczala, Piotr, singer.
Zajick, Dolora, singer.
Relyea, John, singer.
Magee, Emily, singer.
Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975- conductor.
Graham, Susan, 1960- host.
Sweete, Barbara Willis, television director.
Schneider-Siemssen, Günther, set designer.
Strahammer, Silvia, costume designer.
Wechsler, Gil, lighting designer.
De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- choreographer.
Feldman, Laurie, stage director.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production company.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet, performer.
Decca Record Company, film distributor.

Notes:

Lyrical fairy tale in three acts, op. 114. Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, based on the fairy tale Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. Program notes by Patrick Lambert and the conductor, and synopsis, in English with French and German translations (26 pages : color portraits) inserted in container. Bonus feature: Backstage at the Met, hosted by Susan Graham (7 min.). Renée Fleming (Rusalka) ; Piotr Beczala (the Prince) ; Dolora Zajick (Ježibaba) ; John Relyea (the Water Gnome) ; Emily Magee (the Foreign Princess) ; with supporting soloists ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor ; Susan Graham, host. Recorded 2014 February 8, Metropolitan Opera, New York.

Summary:

Antonin Dvorak's opera is an story that also plays as a children's tale, featuring a water nymph named Rusalka who falls in love with a man, and then becomes the subject of a spell created by a witch.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)927105870

UPC:

044007438732

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)