Glyndebourne's first ever production of Dvorak's radiant masterpiece Rusalka premiered at the 2009 Festival. Melly Still, acclaimed director of The Coram Boy at the National Theatre, comments on her approach to working at Glyndebourne on her first opera production. The story, based on the Hans Christian Anderson tale, The Little Mermaid, is a moving fairy tale about the passion of a beautiful water nymph who falls for a handsome Prince.