Wagner's Der fliegende Höllander (The Flying Dutchman)

Paul Curran (stage director), Fabio Luisi (conductor) — With Thomas Gazheli (The Dutchman), Marjorie Owens (Senta), Mikhail Petrenko (Daland) ...

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Cast

Paul Curran  — Stage director

Saverio Santoliquido  — Set designer

Gabriella Ingram  — Costume designer

David Martin Jacques  — Lighting designer

Otto Driscoll  — Video designer

Thomas Gazheli  — The Dutchman

Marjorie Owens  — Senta

Mikhail Petrenko  — Daland

Program notes

For defying God and invoking the devil, the Dutchman is condemned to wander the seas eternally, washing ashore only once every seven years in search of a woman who will bear him unconditional love — the only way he might break the curse and find redemption. Sea captain Daland happens upon the Dutchman and, tempted by the promise of riches, agrees to offer the hand of his daughter Senta. Already betrothed to Erik, the young woman nevertheless finds herself fascinated by the legend and wonders if she might be the one to set him free…

The fourth opera completed by Richard Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) already bears the hallmarks of the style and compositional flair that would characterize his later, ever more epic works: a libretto with flourishes of the fantastic, the use of leitmotif to express the work's overarching themes, and orchestral writing that brims with the passion and torment of his cursed protagonist. At the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Paul Curran's ghostly mise en scène highlights the talents of Thomas Gazheli (the Dutchman) and Marjorie Owens (Senta), with the note-perfect house orchestra under the baton of maestro Fabio Luisi.

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