Photo: Zdeněk Sokol, National Theatre
Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka, a lyrical story of longing, sacrifice, and the impossibility of uniting two different worlds, premiered on March 31, 1901, at the National Theatre in Prague. Since then, it has become one of the most valuable treasures of Czech music – and gradually one of the most frequently performed works in the global operatic repertoire.
When Rusalka was first staged, it brought together an exceptional creative force: Jaroslav Kvapil wrote a poetic libretto inspired by Slavic and European fairy tales, Antonín Dvořák composed music full of delicacy, dramatic power, and orchestral magic, and Prague’s National Theatre provided outstanding staging conditions.
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Author: Romana Grajcarová