Dvořák Rusalka (2020)

Praised by critics as magnificent breathtakingly theatrical and full of zestful imagination Melly Stills spinetingling Rusalka is a Glyndebourne classic a magical contemporary reimagining of a muchloved fairy tale Light and darkness beauty and danger come together in this passionate tale of love against the odds At once evocative and unsettling this production collides two contrasting worlds in Rae Smiths elegant designs made of brilliant stagepictures Rusalkas forest home is a dappled space of sunshine and shadows full of strange woodland creatures while the Princes court is a world of sleek modernity and sophistication a world of man