Rusalka (1977)

A water sprite in Slavonic legend. The Rusalka is thus the title of operas by (1) Dargomizhsky, produced in St Petersburg, 1856; libretto by composer, after Pushkin; (2) Dvorak, produced in Prague, 1901; libretto by J kvapil. [from The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Arthur Jacobs]