Antonin Dvorak: Rusalka (Ausz.) (CD)

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

Gabriela Benackova, Richard Novak, Vera Soukupova, Wieslaw Ochman, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann

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Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.

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Artists:: Gabriela Benackova, Richard Novak, Vera Soukupova, Wieslaw Ochman, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaclav Neumann
Label:: Supraphon
Year of recording ca.:: 82/83
Item number:: 8061593
UPC/EAN:: 0099925371722
Release date:: 16.6.2003

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However uneven the qualities of the operatic legacy of Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904) might appear compared with the rest of his output, at least three of his operas - namely, The Jacobin; Kate and the Devil; and Rusalka - can be safely regarded as works of outstanding vitality, undiminishingly appealing and therefore frequently staged and spontaneously loved by audiences. Rusalka in particular, written in 1900, a lyrical fairy-tale opera set to the finest text ever used by Dvorak (from Jaroslav Kvapil), telling a story filled with compassion, with an unfortunate central female character and an errant principal male hero (Prince), has quite justly won the shared place at the top, with Smetana´s The Bartered Bride, as the best-loved and most frequently produced Czech operas, in their home country and internationally alike.

This digital recording, presenting Vaclav Neumann´s production with Gabriela Benackova in the title role, guarantees the highest artistic value. Coupled with Dvorak´s inimitably sparklin invention, this complete opera set brings living proof of one of the pre-eminent fruits of genius in the whole history of Czech music.

The most frequently performed Czech opera in digital quality!