Rusalka, set in a bathroom

Rusalka, set in a bathroom

Opera

norman lebrecht

February 07, 2024

Is there no limit to the ennui-ridden ingenuity of German opera houses?

This is the money-shot from Kornél Mundruczó’s production of Antonin Dvorak’s mermaid opera at the Berlin State Opera, with Christiane Karg in the title role.

Captured on Dvorak’s immortal line: ‘where’s the toothpaste?’



Photo: Gianmarco Bresadola/Staatsoper unter den Linden.

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