Rusalka

  • Opera
  • Opera Australia
  • Joan Sutherland Theatre
  • Run time - 185 minutes, 2 intervals

Strange magic ripples under the water. And stranger magic in her heart.

A water nymph longs to live and love as a human and will sacrifice everything to get there. Superstar Australian soprano Nicole Car plays Rusalka.

Rusalka longs for light, love and life on the surface. She’ll sacrifice anything to get it. But the water nymph can’t imagine what she’s giving up … or if the man she loves is worth it.

Nicole Car is one of the most successful Australian sopranos in decades. Don’t miss her return home in her role debut as Rusalka.

Before Disney took Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid into the lives of children everywhere, many cultures told tales of water nymphs who long to live on the surface. Dvořák’s opera draws you into a dream-like world. The lush music shimmers with intricate harmonies and sweeping melodies, including the famously beautiful Song to the Moon.

Director Sarah Giles’ new production of Dvorak’s opera glimmers with dark magic and mystery.

Presented by Opera Australia

Event details

Artist information

Conductor  Johannes Fritzsch
Director  Sarah Giles
Set Designer  Charles Davis
Costume Designer  Renée Mulder
Lighting Designer  Paul Jackson
Video Designer & Content Creator Designer  David Bergman
Movement Director & Intimacy Coordinator  Dr Lyndall Grant
 

Rusalka  Nicole Car 
The Prince  Gerard Schneider
The Water King  Warwick Fyfe
The Duchess  Natalie Aroyan 
Ježibaba  Ashlyn Tymms

Opera Australia Orchestra
Opera Australia Chorus

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Joan Sutherland Theatre

The Joan Sutherland Theatre is located at the northern side of the foyer, to the left hand side of the stairs leading to the Concert Hall. Best accessed through the covered concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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