| Opera North | ||
| Richard Farnes | Musikalische Leitung | |
| Peter Mumford | Regie | |
| Orchestra of Opera North | ||
| Alwyn Mellor | Sopran | Senta |
| Mati Turi | Tenor | Erik |
| Béla Perencz | Bariton | Der Holländer |
| Mats Almgren | Bass | Daland |
| Ceri Williams | Mezzosopran | Mary |
| Mark Le Brocq | Tenor | Steuermann |
Having performed all four instalments of the Ring cycle in successive years, Opera North continues its Wagnerian voyage with the work that the composer himself regarded as the true beginning of his career as a musical dramatist.
Perhaps one reason for this assessment is that the myth of the Dutchman, doomed to wander the seas eternally unless he finds redemption through a woman’s faithful love, treats of themes that were to recur throughout the rest of Wagner’s career. From this material, he constructed a thrillingly taut music drama that grips from the first, storm-tossed notes of the famous overture, to the work’s resplendent final moments of transfiguration.
Like Opera North’s highly acclaimed Ring, The Flying Dutchman will be presented in a concert staging by Peter Mumford, and conducted by the Company’s Music Director Richard Farnes. The principal singers all made their mark in the Opera North Ring: Béla Perencz (Wotan) and Alwyn Mellor (Sieglinde) in Die Walküre, and Mats Almgren (Fafner) and Mati Turi (title role) in Siegfried.
Sung in German with English titles
Performance lasts approximately 2 hours 30 minutes with no interval