| Samstag 23 Januar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Samstag 30 Januar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Samstag 06 Februar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Freitag 12 Februar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Freitag 19 Februar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Mittwoch 24 Februar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Samstag 27 Februar 2027 | 19:00 |
| Staatsoper Stuttgart | ||
| Nicholas Carter | Musikalische Leitung | |
| Calixto Bieito | Regie | |
| Susanne Gschwender | Bühnenbild | |
| Anna Eiermann | Kostüme | |
| Reinhard Traub | Licht | |
| Staatsorchester Stuttgart | ||
| Rebecca Ringst | Bühnenbild | |
| Xavier Zuber | Dramaturgie | |
| Staatsopernchor Stuttgart | ||
| Jeremy Bines | Chorleitung | |
| Goran Jurić | Bass | Daland |
| Simone Schneider | Sopran | Senta |
| Derek Welton | Bass | Der Holländer |
| Manni Laudenbach | Schauspiel | Erik |
| Deanna Ray Eberhart von Fange | Mezzosopran | Mary |
| Moritz Kallenberg | Tenor | Steuermann |
“Dear God, make me pious / for I come from hell,“ reads a scene heading in Heiner Müller’s grotesque fairy tale The Life of Gundling Friedrich of Prussia. But it could just as easily refer to the Flying Dutchman, who in Wagner’s early opera was condemned by Satan himself to sail restlessly across the world’s oceans. Every seven years he is allowed ashore to woo a woman who will remain faithful to him until death.
From the hell of eternal recurrence, his path leads him into the icy waters of selfish calculation, where a person is worth only as much as they contribute. The title role in Calixto Bieito’s dark interpretation of Wagner is played by Derek Welton, an internationally acclaimed bass-baritone from Australia. Nicholas Carter conducts the Staatsorchester in his third production of the season.
In German
An introduction will take place in the first-tier foyer 45 minutes before the performance begins.
