Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka (Opera)
Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka (Opera)
Classical, Opera | MP3 320 Kbps | 372 MB | RapidShare
Language: Czech
Classical, Opera | MP3 320 Kbps | 372 MB | RapidShare
Language: Czech
Though Czech opera has often had questionable export value due to linguistic barriers, this first truly international recording of Dvorák's most viable opera–inspired by Wagner's love of mythology and Verdi's melodic drama–suggests that non-Czech artists can be more than just credible. As a water sprite who becomes human for love of a prince, Renée Fleming gives her best recorded performance so far with a dramatic heat and theatrical dimension (plus her customary vocal luster) that her Czech predecessors haven't always mustered. Ben Heppner is a robust-voiced prince, though this one- dimensional role doesn't inspire any special affinity from him. Dolora Zajick is a vivid, vocally commanding witch. The one substantial disappointment is Franz Hawiata as the leathery-voiced water goblin. Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras is less interested in creating surface excitement than in bringing out subtleties that help compensate for the composer's occasional lack of melodic precision, though the big moments are by no means slighted. –David Patrick Stearns
- Composed by Antonín Dvořák
- Performed by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
- with Ben Heppner, Hana Minutillo, Dolora Zajick, Franz Hawlata, Dana Buresova, Livia Aghova, Ivan Kusnjer, Eva Urbanova, Renee Fleming
- Conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, Paul Mauffray
01. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Overture
02. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Hou, hou, hou, stojí mésic nad vodou!
03. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - I pekne vitam
04. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Hastrmánku, taticku!
05. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Sem casto prichazi a v objeti mé stoupá
06. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Mesicku na nebi hlubokém
07. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Ta voda studi, studi! Jezibabo! Jezibabo!
08. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Stalerá moudrost tvá vsechno vi
09. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Tvoje moudrost vsechno tusi
10. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Cury mury fuk
11. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Jel mlady lovec, jel a jel
12. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Ustante v lovu, na hrad vrafte se
13. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Sestry, jedna scházi z nás!
02. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Hou, hou, hou, stojí mésic nad vodou!
03. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - I pekne vitam
04. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Hastrmánku, taticku!
05. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Sem casto prichazi a v objeti mé stoupá
06. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Mesicku na nebi hlubokém
07. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Ta voda studi, studi! Jezibabo! Jezibabo!
08. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Stalerá moudrost tvá vsechno vi
09. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Tvoje moudrost vsechno tusi
10. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Cury mury fuk
11. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Jel mlady lovec, jel a jel
12. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Ustante v lovu, na hrad vrafte se
13. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 1 - Sestry, jedna scházi z nás!
01. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Jarku, jarku, klouce milé
02. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - U nás v lese strasi
03. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Jiz tyden dlis po boku
04. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Zda na chvili princ vzpomene si prec
05. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Slavnosti hudba - balet
06. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Cely svet neda ti, neda
07. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Kvetiny bile po ceste
08. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Rusalko, znas mne, znas?
09. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Vidis je, vidis? Jsou tu zas
02. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - U nás v lese strasi
03. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Jiz tyden dlis po boku
04. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Zda na chvili princ vzpomene si prec
05. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Slavnosti hudba - balet
06. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Cely svet neda ti, neda
07. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Kvetiny bile po ceste
08. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Rusalko, znas mne, znas?
09. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 2 - Vidis je, vidis? Jsou tu zas
01. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Necitelná vodní moci
02. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Aj, aj? Uz jsi se navrátila
03. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Vyrvána zivotu v hlubokou samotu
04. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Ze se bojís? Tresky, plesky
05. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Mám, zlaté vlásky mám
06. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Bílá moje lani! Bílá moje lani!
07. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Milácku, znás mne, znás?
08. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Líbej mne, líbej, mír mi prej
02. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Aj, aj? Uz jsi se navrátila
03. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Vyrvána zivotu v hlubokou samotu
04. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Ze se bojís? Tresky, plesky
05. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Mám, zlaté vlásky mám
06. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Bílá moje lani! Bílá moje lani!
07. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Milácku, znás mne, znás?
08. Rusalka, Op.114 / Act 3 - Líbej mne, líbej, mír mi prej
Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka (Opera)
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Synopsis
Three wood-sprites tease the Water-Goblin, ruler of the lake. Rusalka, the Water-Goblin's daughter, tells her father she has fallen in love with a human Prince who comes to swim in the lake, and she wants to become human to embrace him. He tells her it is a bad idea but nonetheless steers her to a witch, Ježibaba, for assistance. Rusalka sings her Song to the Moon, asking it to tell the Prince of her love. Ježibaba tells Rusalka that if she becomes human and is betrayed by the prince, both she and the prince will be eternally damned, and that Rusalka will lose the power of speech when human. Rusalka agrees to the terms and drinks a potion. The Prince, hunting a white doe, finds Rusalka, embraces her, and leads her away, as her father and sisters lament.
A Gamekeeper and his nephew, the Kitchen-Boy, note that the Prince is to be married to a mute and nameless bride, suspecting witchcraft and doubting it will last, as the prince is already lavishing attentions on a Foreign Princess who is a wedding guest. The Foreign Princess, jealous, curses the couple. The prince rejects Rusalka. The Water-Goblin takes Rusalka back to his pond. The Foreign Princess, having successfully won the Prince's affection, now scorns it.
Rusalka asks Ježibaba for a solution to her woes and is told she can save herself if she kills the Prince with the dagger she is given. Rusalka rejects this, throwing the dagger into the lake. Rusalka becomes a bludička, a spirit of death living in the depths of the lake, emerging only to lure humans to their deaths. The Gamekeeper and the Kitchen Boy consult Ježibaba about the Prince, who, they say, has been betrayed by Rusalka. The Water-Goblin says that the Prince betrayed Rusalka. The wood-sprites mourn Rusalka's plight. The Prince, searching for his white doe, comes to the lake, senses Rusalka, and calls for her. He asks her to kiss him, even knowing her kiss means death and damnation. They kiss and he dies; and the Water-Goblin comments that "All sacrifices are futile". Rusalka thanks the Prince for letting her experience human love, commends his soul to God, and returns to her place in the depths of the lake as a demon of death.
Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka (Opera)