An intensely riveting Flying Dutchman explodes the cliches

Von Thomas May, 08 Mai 2016

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“Alden's staging had made it clear that it's not just the Dutchman who is spooky”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, Seattle, am 7 Mai 2016

Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer

Seattle Opera

Sebastian Lang-Lessing, Musikalische Leitung

Christopher Alden, Regie

Allen Moyer, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Greer Grimsley, Der Holländer

Rebecca Nash, Senta

Nikolai Schukoff, Erik

Daniel Sumegi, Daland

Luretta Bybee, Mary

Colin Ainsworth, Steuermann

Anne Militello, Licht

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Thomas May

Thomas May is a writer and translator based in Seattle. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader, and he blogs about the arts at memeteria.com. He has written for The Washington Post, Gramophone, Listen, Symphony magazine, OPERA America, crosscut.com, and many other publications.

“It was a dark and stormy night”: Seattle Opera's intensely riveting Flying Dutchman explodes the cliches