A water nymph trades her voice for legs and it goes exactly as well as you'd expect. Opera trauma!
Renee Fleming stars in Dvorak's three-act opera based on two fairy-tales which tells the story of a water-nymph called Rusalka (Fleming), who wishes she was human, after falling in love with a mortal.
Acting
Fleming's 'Song to the Moon' will wreck you. Vocal perfection.
Production
Paris National Opera doesn't do subtle. The lake staging is gorgeous.
Director
François Roussillon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Renée Fleming recorded this role three different times; this 2002 Paris production is widely considered her definitive interpretation.
Dvořák infused the score with Czech folk melodies, and Rusalka herself descends from Slavic water spirits far darker than Disney's Ariel—think drowning, not singing crabs.
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