Julia Goldberg, Santa Fe Reporter - 26/07/2023

Set, costumes and lighting throughout the night provide an ongoing Rorschach test of sorts, with the white walls emphasizing the blood on Rusalka’s white gown, vivifying her new humanity; the red gown worn by the foreign princess (soprano Mary Elizabeth Williams in her feisty SFO debut) highlighting her sensual power; and Lighting Designer Malcolm Rippeth’s elemental use of color throughout the night summoning the unseen forest.