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Programme presenting rare and fascinating operatic performances

Programme presenting rare and fascinating performances and vividly communicating the immediacy of the live experience

Opera on 3: Dvorak's Rusalka from the Met

Dvorak's Rusalka from the Met

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Dvorak's Rusalka from the Met

Renée Fleming stars in Dvorak's Rusalka from the Metropolitan Opera in New York

Another chance to hear soprano Renée Fleming in one of her signature roles as Dvorak's Rusalka at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2014. The water nymph Rusalka falls in love with a prince when he comes to swim in her lake. The witch Jezibaba agrees to let her become human, but warns her that if she doesn't find love she will be damned and the man she loves will die. (Spoiler alert: this is opera.) Alongside Renée Fleming, Dvorak's lyrical opera stars Piotr Beczala as her doomed Prince.

Presented by Mary-Jo Heath and Ira Siff.

Rusalka ..... Renée Fleming (soprano)
Prince ..... Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Foreign Princess ..... Emily Magee (soprano)
Jezibaba ..... Dolora Zajick (mezzo-soprano)
Water Sprite ..... John Relyea (bass)
Kitchen-Boy ..... Julie Boulianne (mezzo-soprano)
Gamekeeper ..... Vladimir Chmelo (baritone)
1st Sprite ..... Disella Larusdottir (soprano)
2nd Sprite ..... Renee Tatum (mezzo-soprano)
3rd Sprite ..... Maya Lahyani (mezzo-soprano)
Huntsman ..... Alexey Lavrov (baritone)

New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Yannick Nézét-Séguin (conductor)

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