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  • If Mary Zimmerman’s recent production of La Sonnambula for the Metropolitan Opera in New York was a slap in the audience's face, then their recent revival of Otto Schenk’s staging of Rusalka is not unlike being urinated on in public.

    Still Waters Run Deep 2009

  • A new production of Antonin Dvorák's "Rusalka" is conducted by Jirí Belohlávek, and British director Melly Still makes her Glyndebourne debut.

    The Best of Europe's Festival Circuit 2009

  • The festival closes this weekend not only with "From the New World" but with the infrequently heard but highly regarded "Song to the Moon" from the opera "Rusalka," and the first scene from "The Jacobin."

    Chicago's Date With Dvorak 2009

  • "Rusalka": Stefan Herheim stages a contemporary vision of Antonín Dvorák's lyric tale of the nymph Rusalka and her quest to posess a human body and soul in order to express her love for a young prince and be loved by him.

    Time Off Europe Calendar 2008

  • Though I love most of Dvorak, especially his opera "Rusalka" and all of his chamber music, the symphonies have always struck me as sounding like second-rate Brahms.

    Archive 2007-02-01 sfmike 2007

  • Though I love most of Dvorak, especially his opera "Rusalka" and all of his chamber music, the symphonies have always struck me as sounding like second-rate Brahms.

    Dvorak and Schuman with One N sfmike 2007

  • Accompanied by Brian Zeger, she will sing Debussy's "Proses Lyriques"; "Song to the Moon" from Dvorak's "Rusalka"; and songs by Wolf, Strauss and Barber.

    NYT > Home Page 2011

  • Friday they performed a shortened version of "Rusalka" by Antonin Dvorak, which is loosely based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, "The Little Mermaid" and a legend from Dvorak's homeland in the Czech Republic in which a mermaid wishes to become human so she can marry a handsome prince.

    The Sheboygan Press Latest Headlines 2010

  • "Rusalka" continues Carpenter's plan to include a lesser-known operatic masterpiece each season that the company has not performed previously.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Opera Colorado's first-ever production of "Rusalka," Antonín Dvorák's most popular work in the form, will join two familiar standbys in its 2010-11 season, the company announced Tuesday.

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

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