‘Rusalka’ starring Asmik Grigorian to be screened in UK cinemas

Special screenings of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale ‘Rusalka’ will take place in UK cinemas on 24 January 2024 at 6.45pm (GMT), with Encore screenings running on 28 January 2024 at 2pm (GMT).

Rusalka, a water spirit, lives with her family in the pure waters of the forest lake. When she falls in love with a Prince, she sacrifices her voice and leaves her home in the hope of finding true love in a new world—a world that does not love her back.

Natalie Abrahami and Ann Yee create a poetic, contemporary new staging of Dvořák’s lyric fairy tale, revealing our uneasy relationship with the natural world and humanity’s attempts to own and tame it. Semyon Bychkov conducts an all-star cast featuring Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa) in the title role.

Previously, famous soprano Asmik Grigorian had three performances as the titular water fairy at Prague’s Rudolfinum.