The Minnesota Opera ended its season April 20 with Antonin Dvoraks Rusalka. The opera tells the story of a water nymph who longs to be mortal and pursue her love of the prince who swims the lake. Despite warnings to the contrary, Rusalka turns to the witch Jezibaba to turn human, becoming mute along the way. What Rusalka does not expect is the loneliness she experiences in the mortal world as the prince betrays her love, and she soon returns to the lake. In the end, the prince revisits the lake to find his lost love, but upon a single embrace, he dies in her arms.
Witches and nymphs on Rice Park
Apr 24 2008 — 2:00am
6 Reader Comments
11:15 am
Dvorak is one of my favorite composers…
11:17 am
In that there’s nothing better than classical music from moody bohemians.
11:18 am
Alie- mine too! I would love to attend a few things like this each year. My husband hates stuff like this though.
11:21 am
I wanted to see this, but it didn’t work out. It’s a great piece of music.
I didn’t like the MSP Mag review, as Mr.Beard seemed obsessed with everything but the music. His review for the STrib was better.
11:25 am
Oh man, I wanted to go. I didn’t realize it ended last week.
Apparently Disney got the abridged version of Rusalka when they made The Little Mermaid.
11:30 am
I’ve played a few of his symphonies and concertos when I was in high school and college. They’re fun to listen to but they are an absolute riot to play.