Wagnerian opera makes a grand return to Chicago when The Flying Dutchman docks at Lyric Opera of Chicago from September 23 to October 7, 2023. Considered to be composer Richard Wagner’s first ...

Sailing through icy Norwegian seas, Captain Daland's ship is forced to take shelter in a cove seven miles short of its home port. The captain and crew are surprised as the seas suddenly grow rough and ...

Opera Colorado's production of "The Flying Dutchman" was created from the ground up in about 2 years. The organization wanted to put a new spin on an old classic. In Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying ...

"The fact the company is still producing work on this scale should not be taken for granted," writes reviewer Mark Rees ...

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ENO’s new staging of The Flying Dutchman, using the original continuous version of 1841, marks the debuts of both director Jonathan Kent and conductor Edward Gardner in a Wagner production. Musically ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Regional opera companies always take a pause before they produce operas by Richard Wagner. The German composer has a big reputation for grand titles that ...

The first night of ENO’s new staging of The Flying Dutchman starts thrillingly. Music director Edward Gardner’s downbeat unleashes a mighty and violent sound from the orchestra, and there’s nothing to ...

Of course there’s a justifying concept. “Stripping everything away,” says the designer Elin Steele, “lent itself to the metaphysical nature of the piece.” In this case the metaphysics involve a ...

That said, Naomi Dawson’s set avoids any barnacled naturalism. Ropes, ladders and trapdoors hint at shipboard scenes rather than mimic them, while Robert Price’s effective mood-creating lighting does ...

During Wagner’s fierce storm-at-sea overture, we see a woman give birth. She dies, her child grows, dons a red dress and eventually runs around the stage in wide circles. The daughter is Senta, whose ...