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Offer,Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114

Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Rosario La Spina (tenor) / Bruce Martin (baritone) / Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Anne-Marie Owens (mezzo-soprano) / Sarah Crane (soprano) / Taryn Fiebig (soprano) / Dominica Matthews (mezzo-soprano) / Barry Ryan (baritone) & Sian Pendry (soprano)

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Hickox conducts with real theatrical warmth… — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Dec 2007
Catalogue No: CHAN10449(3)
Label: Chandos
Length: 2 hours 32 minutes

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I

Work length21:08

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Richard Hickox, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Sarah Crane, Bruce Martin, Cheryl Barker, Taryn Fiebig, Dominica Matthews
Recorded: 21-29 March 2007
Recording Venue: Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Prelude

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Ho, ho, ho (Wood Nymphs)

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You are most welcome here in the lake (Water Sprite, Wood Nymphs)

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Father Water Sprite! (Rusalka, Water Sprite)

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He often comes here (Rusalka, Water Sprite)

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act II

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Richard Hickox, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Cheryl Barker
Recorded: 21-29 March 2007
Recording Venue: Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

Mesicku na nebi hlubokem, "Song to the Moon" (Rusalka)

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act I

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Richard Hickox, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Barry Ryan, Bruce Martin, Rosario La Spina, Cheryl Barker, Opera Australia Chorus, Anne-Marie Owens
Recorded: 21-29 March 2007
Recording Venue: Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia

The water feels cold! (Water Sprite, Rusalka, Ježibaba)

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With your ancient wisdom, you know everything (Rusalka)

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I know that, I know that (Ježibaba, Rusalka)

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Abracadabra (Ježibaba, Water Sprite)

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A young Huntsman was once out riding (Huntsman, Prince)

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Divine vision, sweetest being (Huntsman, Prince)

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I know you're nothing but magic (Prince, Water Nymphs, Water Sprite)

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act II

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Richard Hickox, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Barry Ryan, Rosario La Spina, Bruce Martin, Sian Pendry, Elizabeth Whitehouse, Cheryl Barker, Opera Australia Chorus

Tell me all, dear boy (Gamekeeper, Kitchen Boy)

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Our forest is haunted (Gamekeeper, Kitchen Boy)

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You have now been with me for a week (Prince, Princess)

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Ah, this reproach comes not before time (Prince, Princess)

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Ballet - Beda! Beda! (Water Sprite)

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No-one in the world can give you… (Water Sprite)

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White blossoms along the road (Guests, Water Sprite, Rusalka)

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Oh, it's all in vain! (Rusalka)

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Do you see them? (Rusalka, Princess, Prince)

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But when my fire has burnt you out (Princess, Prince, Water Sprite)

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Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act III

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Richard Hickox, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Barry Ryan, Rosario La Spina, Cheryl Barker, Anne-Marie Owens, Opera Australia Chorus, Sian Pendry, Bruce Martin, Sarah Crane, Taryn Fiebig, Dominica Matthews

Unfeeling water power (Rusalka)

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Deprived of my youth (Rusalka)

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Aha! Are you back already? (Ježibaba, Rusalka)

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You must wash away Nature's curse (Ježibaba, Rusalka)

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I am torn from life (Rusalka, Water Nymphs)

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Are you afraid? (Gamekeeper, Kitchen Boy, Ježibaba)

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Our prince has Fallen dangerously ill (Kitchen Boy, Water Sprite, Gamekeeper, Ježibaba)

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I have golden tresses (Wood Nymphs, Water Sprite)

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My white doe! (Prince)

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Beloved, do you recognise me? (Rusalka, Prince)

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Why did you enfold me in your arms…? (Rusalka)

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Kiss me, kiss me, give me peace (Prince, Rusalka, Water Sprite)

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March 2008

Hickox conducts with real theatrical warmth…

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Richard Hickox has made a bold choice in Dvorák's last and greatest opera, Rusalka, when there is a near-definitive version available on Decca with a mainly Czech cast and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras (see above). Yet even in face of such competition there is a strong case for his new version from Chandos.
Cheryl Barker may not have so creamily beautiful a voice as Renée Fleming but she sounds more aptly girlish and fresh. Her big Act 1 solo, the Invocation to the Moon, flows far more easily than in Fleming's very beautiful but very expansive version, an obvious advantage.
Tenor Rosario La Spina as the Prince is younger-sounding, more virile and more expressive than the Heldentenor Ben Heppner on Decca. As for Hickox, he conducts this magical score with a bite that brings out the elements so closely related to the SlavonicDances, and the recording, made live in the Sydney Opera House (a difficult venue), is clean and fresh.
The Australian cast, singing in Czech, sounds totally in tune with the Dvorák idiom, with each singer matching up to his or her Decca counterpart.
Bruce Martin as the Water Goblin may not have so rich or well focused a voice as Franz Hawlata on Decca, but his is a strong and characterful performance, and as the witch JeOibaba, Anne-Marie Owens is satisfyingly rich and fruity, where her Decca counterpart is relatively thin-toned.
There is also a gain in that this has been recorded live from a stage production, notably in the thrilling conclusion of the Second Act.
Surprisingly, Renée Fleming in Act 2 is less assured than in the other acts, while Cheryl Barker is consistent throughout, and her performance culminates in a deeply moving account of Rusalka's final solo, with a thrilling build-up.
A final choice must remain marginal, but anyone who wants a new-minted version of one of the most magical of all operas – with the harp signalling the other-worldly magic of Rusalka as Water Nymph, more atmospherically recorded than on Decca – this new Chandos version makes an excellent choice.

March 2008

As music director of Opera Australia… Richard Hickox… has made a bold choice in Dvorák's last and greatest opera, Rusalka, when there is a near-definitive version available on Decca with a mainly Czech cast and the Czech Philharmonic conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Cheryl Baker may not have so creamily beautiful a voice as Renée Fleming but she sounds more aptly girlish and fresh. Tenor Rosario La Spina as the Prince is younger-sounding, more virile and more expressive than the Heldentenor Ben Heppner on decca. As for Hickox, he conducts this magical score with a bite that brings out the elements so closely related to the Salvonic Dances. A final choice must remain marginal, but anyone who wants a new-minted version of one of the most magical of all operas... more atmospherically recorded than on Decca - this new Chandos version makes an excellent choice.

The Australian

It is hard to imagine anyone doing the title role better

Offer,Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114

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