François Girard's new Fliegende Holländer disappoints at The Met

By Ako Imamura, 03 March 2020

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“Anja Kampe... was a vocally exciting and dramatically sympathetic Senta”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 2 March 2020

Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

Metropolitan Opera

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

François Girard, Director

John Macfarlane, Set Designer

Moritz Junge, Costume Designer

Evgeny Nikitin, Dutchman

Anja Kampe, Senta

Franz-Josef Selig, Daland

Sergei Skorokhodov, Erik

Mihoko Fujimura, Mary

David Portillo, The Steersman

Peter Flaherty, Projection Designer

Carolyn Choa, Choreography

David Finn, Lighting Designer

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Ako Imamura

Atsuko (Ako) Imamura is a retired investment banker in New York City. Born in Japan, she trained as cultural anthropologist in the US before turning to ﬁnance. She now spends her time attending opera and classical music concerts in New York and in Europe. Wagner is her favorite opera composer.

Stunning visuals, but François Girard's new Fliegende Holländer disappoints at The Met