Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Rusalka: Dvorak - Opera In Three Acts (1986) Rating: Starring: Phyllis Cannan, Eilene Hannan, Anne Howard, Rodney Macann, John Treleaven Director: David Pountney Category: Classics, Classics Studio: Kultur Subtitles: Length: 160 mins     Dvorak's three act opera is based on two fairy tales and tells the story of a water-nymph, Rusalka, yearning to become human because she has fallen in love with a mortal. David Pountney's highly acclaimed production for English National Opera explores the deeper level of this fairy tale, transforming a pretty story into a penetrating study of childish day dreams. The water glade becomes an Edwardian nursery and Rusalka, a young girl on the threshold of sexual maturity. Longing to be liberated into the dangerous and fascinating world of adults, she peoples her real world with the creatures of her imagination- her governess becomes a witch, her grandfather the Spirit of the Waters and her sisters the water-nymphs.