Kristine Opolais in the title role of Dvořák’s ‘Rusalka,’ which means water nymph. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Cassandra Zoé Velasco and Hyesang Park are wood sprites in Rusalka’s aquatic surroundings. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Rusalka (Kristine Opolais, left) begs Ježibaba (Jamie Barton) for entry to human society. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Ježibaba (Jamie Barton) concocts just what Rusalka needs. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Ježibaba (Jamie Barton) silences Rusalka (Kristine Opolais, left) while she’s with humans. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Vodník (which means water gnome, Eric Owens) can’t keep his daughter where she belongs. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Gamekeeper (Alan Opie) and Kitchen Boy (Daniela Mack, left) gossip of the wayward Prince. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Foreign Princess (Katarina Dalayman)—who talks—captivates Prince (Brandon Jovanovich). Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
Prince and Rusalka resign themselves to their doom. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera, used with permission.
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