In a difficult climate, Opera North have blazed a trail. But this experimental production doesn’t entirely work ...

Wagner apparently wanted to avoid any suspicion that Daland ... And in Act Two Senta sings her Ballad of the Flying Dutchman to a cheerful chorus (who have been sorting through abandoned garments, ...

This is the earliest of Wagner’s operas to form part of the regular repertory, retelling the ancient mariner’s tale of an accursed sea captain condemned to roam the seven seas until judgement day, ...

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 ...

Opera on 3 — Live from the Met, Wagner's The Flying Dutchman Live from the Metropolitan Opera, New York, a performance of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman. BBC Radio 3 ...

The Flying Dutchman is Wagner's take on the legend of the cursed ship captain doomed to roam the seas. The opera is about 2.5 ...

Despite having a huge influence on the latter decades of the 19th century, the German composer wasn’t too popular with many ...

It took me until I was in my 30s to brave a Wagner opera. Not The Flying Dutchman but Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg. Why? well, partly because many Wagner operas are long – but mostly because ...

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Opera North is a force to be reckoned with, offering audiences a shrewd mixture of neglected works and well-loved classics. Last month, for example, saw an excellent production of Kurt Weill’s ...