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Johanni van Oostrum as Rusalka and Pavel Černoch as The Prince © Clärchen & Matthias Baus
2.110783 Playing time: 160 minutes Picture format: NTSC 16:9 Sound format: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 and DTS 5.1 Language: Czech Subtitles: English, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean Region code: 0 (worldwide) No. of disc/s: 1 (DVD 9) Release date: 11 Sep 2026
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This Dutch National Opera production is remarkable in its inversion of the folklore around the fairytale of Rusalka , bringing it into a sordid 20th-century world filled with darkness and prostitution, and giving its heroine an aspiration that we can all recognise, to escape poverty and crime to become a part of Hollywood glamour and romance. The depths in Dvořák’s most popular opera give it plenty of scope to be effective in this kind of transformation and, superbly recorded and filmed in Amsterdam, this production shines an inventive new light on an old favourite, with a magnificent cast and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the pit to give the music a sheen that can challenge any alternative. • German conductor Joana Mallwitz is one of the most awe-inspiring conductors of her generation. In 2019 she was named Conductor of the Year by critics of the prestigious Opernwelt magazine, and in 2020 she was the first female conductor to be engaged by the prestigious Salzburg Festival, where she conducted Così fan tutte to rave reviews. This is her long-awaited debut in Amsterdam, taking the baton to lead the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. •
Antonín DVOŘÁK (1841–1904) Rusalka Lyric fairy tale in three acts, Op. 114, B. 203 (1900) Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil Annette Dasch, Johanni van Oostrum, Sopranos Raehann Bryce-Davis, Mezzo-soprano Pavel Černoch, Tenor • Maxim Kuzmin-Karavaev, Bass
Chorus of Dutch National Opera Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Joana Mallwitz, Conductor Philipp Stölzl, Philipp M. Krenn, Stage directors
With its wonderfully poetic and sensual score, Rusalka is Antonín Dvořák’s most beloved opera, filled with musical effects that evoke the beauty and magic of a world inhabited by nymphs and water sprites. Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto is based on a famously tragic children’s fairy tale, but in this acclaimed reinvention by directors Philipp Stölzl and Philipp M. Krenn Rusalka is depicted as a young woman from the dark fringes of society. She trades her power of speech to live in Hollywood at the side of a handsome movie star but is doomed to remain an outsider and a lost soul.
Besides working in opera and the theatre, German director Philipp Stölzl is also a film director and set designer. His opera productions are known to pack a visual punch and are highly cinematic. Stölzl has worked with Philipp M. Krenn before, and their version of Rusalka clearly shows the directors’ roots: their Rusalka, who lives on the wrong side of the tracks, is not in love with a prince, but with a Hollywood movie star. Rusalka has a very strong cast of singers, some of whom have worked with Dutch National Opera before. South African soprano Johanni van Oostrum (Rusalka) was a sensational Agathe in their earlier production of Der Freischütz and Czech tenor Pavel Černoch (The Prince) played a compelling Laca Clemen in Jenůfa . Also returning is Annette Dasch , who previously starred in the lead role in Jenůfa , as Chawa in Die ersten Menschen and as Ghita in Der Zwerg . The company considered it a real gift to have someone of her calibre taking on the role of the foreign princess. They are joined by multi-talented American mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis , whose star is rising fast in the international opera scene. She made her debut in Amsterdam in the role of Ježibaba.
Also available on Blu-ray video: NBD0193V Playing time: 160 minutes Picture format: HD 16:9 Sound format: PCM stereo and DTS-MA 5.1 Language: Czech Subtitles: English, German, Dutch, Japanese, Korean Region: A, B, C No. of disc/s: 1 (BD 50) Release date: 11 Sep 2026
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