Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin mixes it up a bit this week, presenting a score that should be familiar by now, though this time with a novel cast. It’s Dvorák’s Rusalka from the Vienna State Opera with Krassimira Stoyanova in the title role.

Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka

Wiener Staatsoper
Jirí Belohlávek, conductor
01 February 2014

Rusalka – Krassimira Stoyanova
Prince – Michael Schade
Foreign Princess – Monika Bohinec
Jezibaba – Janina Baechle
Gnome – Günther Groissböck
Kitchen Boy – Stephanie Houtzeel
Gamekeeper – Gabriel Bermúdez
First Sprite – Valentina Nafornita
Second Sprite – Lena Belkina
Third Sprite – Ilseyar Khayrullova
Hunter – Mihail Dogotari