MET 2019/2020 - Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer
Opera Broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, new production, first time in HD, 139 min, 2020
in German with English and Hungarian subtitles
Conductor: Valery Gergiev, Set Designer: John Macfarlane, Costume Designer: Moritz Junge, Lighting Designer: David Finn, Projection Designer: Peter Flaherty, Choreographer: Carolyn Choa, Dramaturg: Serge Lamothe
Cast: Anja Kampe (Senta), Mihoko Fujimura (Mary), Sergey Skorokhodov (Erik), David Portillo (Steuermann), Sir Bryn Terfel (Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland)
François Girard, whose mystical, blood-drenched vision for Wagner’s Parsifalbecame one of the Met’s most intensely visceral highlights in recent seasons, turns to another Wagnerian masterpiece, Der Fliegende Holländer, conducted by Valery Gergiev. For the first time at the Met, Sir Bryn Terfelsings the role of the mysterious Dutchman, condemned to roam the seas for eternity, with Anja Kampeas the devoted Senta, whose love can set him free. In a nod to Senta’s obsession with a portrait of the legendary title seafarer, the Met stage is transformed into a colossal oil painting. Franz-Josef Seligportrays Senta’s father Daland, Sergey Skorokhodovtakes on the role of the huntsman Erik, David Portillosings the Steersman, and Mihoko Fujimurais Senta’s nurse Mary. Der Fliegende Holländeris a co-production with L’Opéra de Québec and Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam.
