DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner
March 2nd to 14th 2025
Sala Principal
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner 1813-1883
A Romantic Opera in three acts
Libretto by Richard Wagner inspired
by The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski , by Heinrich Heine
James Gaffigan conducts his second Wagner opera after an "intense"
version of Tristan und Isolde that demonstrated his "passionate
mastery of the score". This production features a cast of seasoned
Wagnerian voices, led by the young American bass-baritone Nicholas
Brownlee as the Dutchman, a role he is performing for the first
time in Europe. His incarnations of Wotan, Donner, Amfortas and
Hans Sachs in Leipzig, Munich, Frankfurt and the Bayreuth Festival
testify to his meteoric Wagnerian career. Elisabet Strid is one of
the most sought-after Sentas in opera houses around the world (she
recently sang the role for 60 performances in Covent Garden). The
rest of the cast includes bass Franz-Josef Selig (Daland) and tenor
Stanislas de Barbeyrac (Erik). Willy Decker, well-known for his
outstanding productions of La traviata and Peter Grimes, sets the
curse of the Dutchman in a simple but enormous stage design
dominated by gigantic, practically empty rooms, with a masterly
interplay of light and shadow that accentuates the psychological
aspect of the drama.
