| Description |
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical stereo Dolby digital DTS 5.1 surround |
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DVD video NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 0 |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
The Metropolitan Opera HD live
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| Note |
Lyrical fairy tale in three acts, op. 114. |
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Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, based on the fairy tale Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. |
| Performer |
Renée Fleming (Rusalka) ; Piotr Beczała (the Prince) ; Dolora Zajick (Ježibaba) ; John Relyea (the Water Gnome) ; Emily Magee (the Foreign Princess) ; with supporting soloists ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor ; Susan Graham, host. |
| Credits |
Director, Barbara Willis Sweete ; set designer, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume designer, Sylvia Strahammer ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler ; choreographer, Carmen de Lavallade ; stage director, Laurie Feldman. |
| Event |
Recorded 2014 February 8, Metropolitan Opera, New York. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 0; NTSC; picture format 16:9; DTS digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital stereo. |
| Note |
Program notes by Patrick Lambert and the conductor, and synopsis, in English with French and German translations (26 pages : color portraits) inserted in container. |
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Bonus feature: Backstage at the Met, hosted by Susan Graham (7 min.). |
| Summary |
Antonín Dvořák's opera is a story that also plays as a children's tale, featuring a water nymph named Rusalka who falls in love with a man, and then becomes the subject of a spell created by a witch. |
| Local Note |
Westminster Choir College alumna. |
| Language |
Sung in Czech, with optional English, French, German, and Korean subtitles. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Dísella Larusdóttir, singer.
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Schenk, Otto, producer.
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Kvapil, Jaroslav, 1868-1950, librettist.
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Fleming, Renée, singer.
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Beczala, Piotr, singer.
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Zajick, Dolora, singer.
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Relyea, John, singer.
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Magee, Emily, singer.
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Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975- conductor.
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Graham, Susan, 1960- host.
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Sweete, Barbara Willis, television director.
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Schneider-Siemssen, Günther, set designer.
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Strahammer, Silvia, costume designer.
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Wechsler, Gil, lighting designer.
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De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- choreographer.
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Feldman, Laurie, stage director.
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Opera adaptation of (work): La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777-1843.
Undine.
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Container of (work): Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904.
Rusalka.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), production company.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet, performer.
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Decca Record Company, film distributor.
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| Standard No. |
044007438732 |
| Music No. |
074 3873 Decca |
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