Please join The Villages Music Society’s Opera Lovers on Thursday, October 17 at 1:30 p.m. in Montgomery Center when we present Antonin Dvořák’s “Rusalka.”
Dvořák’s best-loved opera is one of the most successful ever written by a Czech composer and the only one of his operas to be regularly performed outside of the Czech Republic today.
It is a dark fairytale, based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Little Mermaid.” A water nymph, Rusalka, falls in love with a human prince and makes a deal with an evil witch in order to become part of his world, exchanging her beautiful voice for the ability to become fully human. By far the most famous musical moment is the Act I aria “Song to the Moon,” sung exquisitely in this Metropolitan Opera production by the renowned American soprano, Renée Fleming.
The conductor is the Met’s current music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the performance, which runs 2 hours 45 minutes, is from 2014.
All Villagers are welcome to attend. No registration is required. For additional information, please call Mary Stradner at 408-887-3293 and visit http://VillagesMusicSociety.org for information about other VMS events. We look forward to seeing you on October 17.
If you need a ride to and from this event, please contact The Villages Medical Auxiliary at 408- 238-4230 as soon as possible to arrange your free transportation.
