The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Hollander)
From: Tuesday, 18th October 2011
To: Friday, 4 November 2011
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Synopsis
Tim Albery’s Olivier-nominated production of Wagner’s opera; The Flying Dutchman opera was new in the 2008/9 Season, and is back early in this one with a special musical highlight too: the return of Jeffrey Tate to the Royal Opera House to conduct a score that utilizes the brilliance and richness of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House to the full.
Anja Kampe comes back to the role of Senta in The Flying Dutchman– for which she was also Olivier-nominated – the young woman desperate to leave her unfulfilling life in an isolated Baltic port. The mysterious Dutchman, this time to be sung by leading Wagner interpreter Falk Struckmann, seems to offer escape to Senta.
The production of The Flying Dutchman is dark and intense, to match the psychological themes of longing and denial, hope and redemption. Visually imposing, Michael Levine’s set designs evoke the elemental forces of nature and the towering hulks of the ships that do daily battle with them. Driving it on is Wagner’s magnificent score which utilizes a world-class cast and the large Royal Opera Chorus to the full for an absorbing drama and a thrilling operatic experience.
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Our Review:
18 October 2011
Tim Albery's staging of Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer at the Royal Opera House should be renamed Die Frau Holländer. The plight of the Dutchman is as nothing compared to that of Senta, as she is condemned to a tragic life amongst a community of soon-to-be widows waiting on land. As this production concentrates on the grim aspects of the work, we are left praying for her liberation by any passing ship (or raft).
Der Fliegende Holländer is the first Wagner opera that sounds and feels authentically Wagnerian. The Dutchman has been condemned to sail the oceans of the earth until doomsday. His only chance for rest is to find a woman who will be faithful to him until death. While Heinrich Heine's inclusion of such a woman has been satirical, Wagner exploits this concept to explore his central theme; redemption through love, in line with the romantic idyll’s of Goethe's "das ewig weibliche" "the eternal feminine" in Faust. It is not for...
Cast
Egils Silins (The Dutchman)
Anja Kampe (Senta)
Stephen Milling (Daland)
John Easterlin (Steersman)
Clare Shearer (Mary)
Endrik Wottrich (Erik)
Creative
Wagner (Author)
Royal Opera House (Producer)
Tim Albery (Director)
Michael Levine (Design)
Constance Hoffman (Costume)
David Finn (Lighting)
Jeffrey Tate (Conductor)
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