Travel Tip: Opera in Germany
Rusalka

Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil

The characters in Antonin Dvořák’s opera do not have names, they are referred to by their nature or what they do. Only Rusalka (the water nymph) and Ježibaba (the witch) have retained their Czech names in the German version.

Mikhail Tatarnikov, conductor
   
Production: Martin Kušej   
Set: Martin Zehetgruber   
Costumes: Heidi Hackl   
Lighting: Reinhard Traub   
Chorus: Sören Eckhoff   
Dramaturgy: Olaf A. Schmitt.   

Der Prinz: Piotr Beczala   
Die fremde Fürstin: Heike Grötzinger   
Rusalka: Ana Maria Martinez   
Der Wassermann: Günther Groissböck   
Die Hexe: Birgit Remmert   
Der Förster: Ulrich Reß   
Der Küchenjunge: Tara Erraught 5./13./16. Nov. 2012  
Iulia Maria Dan 9. Nov. 2012  
1. Waldnymphe: Laura Tatulescu   
2. Waldnymphe: Angela Brower   
3. Waldnymphe: Okka von der Damerau   
Ein Jäger: Tim Kuypers   

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera