01 Jan 1986
Rusalka
Dvořák's "Rusalka" in a production by David Pountney at the English National Opera in 1986. Mark Elder conducts the orchestra, accompanied by the English National Opera Chorus in English.
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Viliam Záborský Commentary (voice)
František Dibarbora Commentary (voice)
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