Wed, Jan. 08, 2025, 7.30 pm - 9.55 pm | Main Stage
Richard Wagner
Der fliegende Holländer
Introduction at 6.50 pm
Senta's dreams are directed towards the sea: will the man who will free her from her restricted life at home come from there? It begins stormily; Wagner's first fully valid opera presents a grandiose, overwhelming vision of the elements already in the overture. The fate of the Flying Dutchman and the woman who is to redeem him takes place in the roar of the waves and the ocean. This "romantic opera" aims to transcend boundaries - between tradition and future music, between land and sea, between convention and revolution. The result is a thrilling drama telling the story of a young woman who refuses to submit, who puts all her stakes on one card in order to transcend her boundaries, even if it costs her her life.
Production: Michael Thalheimer
Stage: Olaf Altmann
Costumes: Michaela Barth
Lighting: Stefan Bolliger
Dramaturgy: Ralf Waldschmidt
Choir: Eberhard Friedrich
Premiere on: 23.10.2022
In German with German and English surtitles
Supported by the Foundation for the Support of the Hamburg State Opera.
