Behind The Scenes of The Flying Dutchman: The Story I Opera Holland Park

Описание: The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner will play at Opera Holland Park from 27 May - 14 June. Tickets available now 🎟️https://bit.ly/41Z0kE8

Cursed to sail for eternity with his ghostly crew, the Dutchman can only be saved by the love of a faithful woman. Premiered in 1843, Wagner’s first great opera looks back to the Gothic mysteries of his youth, opening with a thrilling storm in which echoes of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Weber can be heard, and punctuated by folk-like ballads for the sailors whose lives depend on the sea and the women who wait for their return.

Opera Holland Park’s first production of a Wagner opera is led by the creative team behind the hugely successful Hackney Ring Cycle: Julia Burbach, director of Eugene Onegin (2023) and L’amico Fritz (2022), and conductor Peter Selwyn (La rondine, 2011, and Hänsel und Gretel, 2009), with scenic designs by Naomi Dawson and lighting by Robert Price. Making his highly anticipated role debut, acclaimed Wagnerian Paul Carey Jones takes the lead. Widely praised for her debut as Woglinde in English National Opera’s production of The Rhinegold, Eleanor Dennis makes her role debut as Senta, the woman who longs to redeem the Dutchman. Neal Cooper plays Erik, an outsider within the community, while Robert Winslade Anderson, Angharad Lyddon and Colin Judson complete the cast as Daland, Mary and Daland’s Steersman.