Rusalka, the Czech version of “The Little Mermaid” is the most successful opera by Antonín Dvorák.
It was played for the first time in 1901.
In recent decades, it lives a renaissance in opera theaters worldwide.
This is mainly because of its fabulous content.
Elfriede Trötschel (Rusalka), Helmut Schindler (Prince), Ruth Long (Foreign Princess), Gottlob Frick (Aquarius), Helena Rott (witch Jezibaba), Erich Zimmermann (Heger), Lisa Otto (Scullion), Kurt Preuss (hunter) and chorus and Orchestra of the Staatskapelle Dresden conducted by Keilberth!