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Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut

The Flying Dutchman
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Eleanor Dennis (Senta), Paul Carey Jones (The Dutchman) and the OHP Chorus
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Eleanor Dennis (Senta)
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Paul Carey Jones (The Dutchman)
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“a genuinely thrilling gothic atmosphere”
Reviewed at Holland Park Theatre, London on 27 May 2025
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Opera Holland Park
Peter Selwyn, Conductor
Julia Burbach, Director
Naomi Dawson, Set Designer
Sussie Juhlin-Wallén, Costume Designer
Robert Price, Lighting Designer
Opera Holland Park Chorus
Paul Carey Jones, Dutchman
Eleanor Dennis, Senta
Robert Winslade Anderson, Daland
Neal Cooper, Erik
Angharad Lyddon, Mary
Colin Judson, The Steersman
Born to sing Lucia: Jennifer France shines at Opera Holland Park
***11
A mafioso Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park
**111
Jonathan Dove’s Itch at Opera Holland Park
****1
Trapped in a vice: Il segreto di Susanna and Pagliacci at OHP
*****
Puccini's Edgar makes a rare appearance at Opera Holland Park
***11
Cecilia Stinton directs a delightful new Barbiere at OHP
****1
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