OPERA QUEENSLAND PRESENTS RUSALKA

★★★★★ “…the best in decades”. – Limelight

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, this fairytale opera tells the story of the luminous water nymph Rusalka. Seduced by a Prince, Rusalka abandons her family and everything she knows in the hope of finding true freedom. But all that glitters is not gold. 

Dvořák’s score shimmers with sweeping romance and the many colours of Czech folk music, anchored by the spellbinding and much loved aria ‘Song to the Moon’. 

A breathtaking production of grand scale, by the award-winning team who created La Traviata.

This production was commissioned by the Opera Conference, the national partnership of professional opera companies.

CAST

Rusalka Eleanor Lyons
The Prince Rosario La Spina
The Duchess Eva Kong
Vodnik the Water King Warwick Fyfe
Jezibaba Ashlyn Tymms
First Wood Sprite Maia Andrews
Second Wood Sprite Eleanor Greenwood
Third Wood Sprite Shikara Ringdahl
The Gamekeeper Shaun Brown
The Hunter Carlos Bárcenas
The Kitchen-hand Aylish Ryan 

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor Vladimir Fanshil
Director Sarah Giles
Set Designer Charles Davis
Costume Designer Renée Mulder
Lighting Designer Paul Jackson
Video Designer & Content Creator David Bergman
Assistant Director Eugene Lynch
Movement & Intimacy Coordinator Dr Lyndall Grant

Opera Queensland Chorus
Queensland Symphony Orchestra