The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka (2017): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 2017, The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka is a notable film directed by Gary Halvorson, running about 176 minutes.

What it’s about. Kristine Opolais “gives a vocally lustrous and achingly vulnerable performance” (New York Times) in the role that helped launch her international career, the mythical Rusalka, who sings the haunting “Song to the Moon.” Director Mary Zimmerman brings her wondrous theatrical imagination to Dvořák’s fairytale of love and longing, rejection and redemption, giving the work “an inspired staging” (Huffington Post). Brandon Jovanovich, Jamie Barton, Katarina Dalayman, and Eric Owens complete “a matchless cast” (New York Times), and Sir Mark Elder conducts “a magnificent rendering of the composer’s lush score (Huffington Post).

Who’s in it. The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka stars Kristine Opolais as Rusalka, Brandon Jovanovich as Prince, Jamie Barton as Ježibaba and Eric Owens as Vodník (A Gnome), among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Metropolitan Opera: Rusalka page.