The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Hollander)
From: Monday, 23rd February 2009
To: Tuesday, 10 March 2009
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Synopsis
The haunting legend of the Dutchman condemned to sail the seas for eternity unless redeemed by loving self sacrifice.
Our Review:
24 February 2009
When Bryn Terfel departed from Covent Garden’s Ring 18 months ago, a few weeks before opening, a bad case of sour grapitis did the rounds. Many said he was not missed and his replacement, the ageing John Tomlinson, was praised to the skies. In truth, Terfel’s Wotan was a towering creation, full of youthful vigour and fiery intensity, and the production was weaker without him.
Terfel is now back at the Royal Opera House, and again in a Wagnerian role. This is not his first Dutchman, not even in London – he gave several performances in David Pountney’s exceedingly odd Welsh National Opera production at the Coliseum three years ago – but Tim Albery’s production is all new.
Albery, and designer Michael Levine, use the slenderest and most suggestive of means to paint a world of grim reality and phantasmal mistiness. The set impresses when stark cross-lighting hits buckled steel and a ship-like structure emerges from the semi-d...
Cast
Bryn Terfel (The Flying Dutchman)
Anja Kampe (Senta)
Hans-Peter Koenig (Daland)
Torsten Kerl (Erik)
John Tessier (Steersman)
Clare Shearer (Mary)
Creative
Wagner (Author)
Royal Opera (Producer)
Tim Albery (Director)
Michael Levine (Design)
Constance Hoffman (Costume)
Marc Albrecht (Conductor)
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