Rusalka is an opera ('lyric fairy tale') by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil (1868–1950) based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. A ...

The opera by Antonin Dvorak about a water nymph’s journey into the human world, first performed in 1901, is making its debut at La Scala in June. By David Belcher Poor Rusalka. The title character of ...

Sometimes we pursue our dreams, and they come to fruition. Sometimes they don’t. “Rusalka,” presented by Portland Opera at the Keller Auditorium this month, gives us the latter viewpoint. It’s a ...

Toward the end of his fertile creative life, Antonin Dvorak refused to fixate on his status as the composer of beloved symphonies, chamber music and concertos. Instead, he longed to put his stamp on ...

Poor Rusalka! The water nymph heroine of Antonin Dvorak’s best-known opera never stands a chance against the witch Jezibaba — especially as played to the hilt by the powerhouse mezzo-soprano Jamie ...

Kristine Opolais stars in Dvořák’s “Rusalka.” Watch the live broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera to the Douglass Theatre on Saturday. Ken Howard Special to The Telegraph Opera fans who were thrilled ...

Antonin Dvorak's operas are almost completely unknown outside the composer's native land, with the notable exception of "Rusalka." The opera -- sad and tender, full of pale, poetic beauty and ...