Name: Rusalka
Start: 2022-08-06T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Organization

Edinburgh International Festival

Conductor

Douglas Boyd

Stage director

Jack Furness

Set designer

Tom Piper

Lighting designer

Malcolm Rippeth

Choreographer

Fleur Darkin

Circus Choreographer

Lina Johansson

Singer

Soprano

Natalya Romaniw

Rusalka

Tenor

Gerard Schneider

Prince

Bass

Makudupanyane Senaona

Vodnik

Sky Ingram

Princess

Mezzo-soprano

Christine Rice

Jezibaba

John Findon

The Gamekeeper

Grace Durham

The Turnspit

Marlena Devoe

First Nymph

Heather Lowe

Second Nymph

Stephanie Wake-Edwards

Third Nymph

Katy Thomson

Orchestra

Philharmonia Orchestra

Czech

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Rusalka Dvořák,A

Public

English

Approved

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Makeup artist

Off-Stage Artist

On-Stage Artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Baritone

Bass-baritone

Contralto

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

A new production of Dvořák’s best-loved opera, the dark fairy tale Rusalka, features Welsh soprano Natalya Romaniw in the title role. One of the 2022 International Festival’s orchestras in residence, the Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted by Douglas Boyd, Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed Garsington Opera.

Rusalka is the haunting fable of a water sprite who sacrifices everything when she falls in love with a human prince.

She enlists the help of a witch, entering the mortal world and giving up her voice to be with him – only to discover the true cost of love is greater still. Inspired by sources including Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, Dvořák’s sensual opera shimmers with glinting orchestral colours. Sound and silence reverberate against each other as soaring romantic melodies sweep through the eerie quiet. Reality and the supernatural collide in luscious evocations of the natural world.

Natalya Romaniw is a sensational talent, awarded both Young Artist of the Year at the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2020 and Singer of the Year at the Royal Philharmonic Society 2020 Awards. Glasgow-born conductor and former oboe virtuoso Douglas Boyd collaborates with director Jack Furness, Artistic Director of Shadwell Opera, who brings a rich theatrical flair to the narrative. Designer Tom Piper is most famous for his Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation of poppies at the Tower of London. Together, they craft a transporting fantasy with grave human intensity at its core.

Rusalka by Dvořák, Mon 08 Aug 2022, From (2022/2022), Directed by Jack Furness,, Conductor Douglas Boyd, Festival Theatre Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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