Song to the Moon Antonin Dvorak / Arr. Roger Niese

Titel / Title: Song of the Moon - from the Opera Rusalka - For Soprano and Symphonic Band
Herausgeber / Publisher: Baton Music
Produkttyp / Product: Partitur + Stimmen

Lied an den Mond - aus der Oper Rusalka

Dvorak composed the great Czech national opera, 'Rusalka' in a single burst of inspiration between April 21 and November 27, 1901, to a text by Jaroslav Kvapil based on Hans Christian Andersen. Rusalka is a Bohemian 'Little Mermaid'. In the aria 'Mesiku na nebi hlubokem' (The Song to Moon), Rusalka has fallen in love with a Prince. Unfortunately, Rusalka is a water sprite and cannot come out of the water or communicate with him. She asks the moon to tell her love that she is thinking of him. The 'Song to the Moon' is without any doubt the most famous aria from the opera and is used in commercials as well.