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Rusalkaopera in three acts Music: Antonín Dvořák Libretto: Jaroslav Kvapil Musical Director of the production: Peter Feranec Stage Director: Igor Konyaev Set and Costume Design: Pyotr Okunev, Olga Shaishmelashvili Choreography: Maria Korablyova Lighting Design: Denis Solntsev Director: Yulia Prokhorova Assistant SD: Vyacheslav Kalyuzhny Premiere at the Mikhailovsky Theatre: October 30, 2009 Running time: 3 hours 15 minutes Performance has two intervals Performed in Czech (the performance will have synchronised Russian supertitles) Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák staged by Igor Konyayev is the first opera premiere of the season. A spectacular, poetic, action-packed performance tells story of love of Rusalka (mermaid) and Prince, who met at a crossroads between fantastic world and the human life and passed a test. Although the opera is full of mythological characters like Vodnik (the water goblin), Ježibaba (the witch) and others, it’s not a fairy-tale for children but a serious story of tragic love, betrayal, revenge and mercy. ‘This melodic and beautiful opera deserves interest and love of Petersburg public. Rusalka is an example of high music culture; the wonderful melodies, full of Slavic poetics and lyricism, are developed in the framework of classical music’, comments the premiere music director of the production Peter Feranec. 
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