Wagner's DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER

Der Fliegende Holländer (Richard Wagner) NEW PRODUCTION /FIRST TIME IN HD

March 14, 2020, at 12:55PM ET

Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Production: François Girard Set Designer: John Macfarlane

Costume Designer: Moritz Junge Lighting Designer: David Finn Projection Designer: Peter Flaherty Choreographer: Carolyn Choa Dramaturg: Serge Lamothe

Cast: Anja Kampe (Senta), Mihoko Fujimura (Mary), Sergey Skorokhodov (Erik), David Portillo (Steuermann), Sir Bryn Terfel (Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland)

François Girard, whose mystical, blood-drenched vision for Wagner's Parsifal became one of the Met's most intensely visceral highlights in recent seasons, turns to another Wagnerian masterpiece, Der Fliegende Holländer, conducted by Valery Gergiev. For the first time at the Met, Sir Bryn Terfel sings the role of the mysterious Dutchman, condemned to roam the seas for eternity, with Anja Kampe as the devoted Senta, whose love can set him free. In a nod to Senta's obsession with a portrait of the legendary title seafarer, the Met stage is transformed into a colossal oil painting. Franz-Josef Selig portrays Senta's father Daland, SergeySkorokhodov takes on the role of the huntsman Erik, David Portillo sings the Steersman, and Mihoko Fujimura is Senta's nurse Mary. Der Fliegende Holländer is a co-production with L'Opéra de Québec and Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam.

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