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Der fliegende Holländer: an exhilarating storm-tossed evening in the Cotswolds

By John Johnston, 14 June 2018
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“Negus stirred up the swell and spume of the tempest-tossed wandering of the cursed Dutchman”
Reviewed at Longborough Festival Opera, Moreton-in-Marsh on 13 June 2018
Programme
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Performers
Longborough Festival Opera
Anthony Negus, Conductor
Thomas Guthrie, Director
Ruth Paton, Set Designer
Simon Thorpe, Dutchman
Kirstin Sharpin, Senta
Jonathan Stoughton, Erik
Carolyn Dobbin, Mary
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John Johnston
John Johnston

John Johnston was a contributor to Bachtrack 2017-19. John was a true gentleman and lifelong opera "nut" who frequently travelled across Europe to catch performances, making regular pilgrimages to the Bayreuth Festival among others. His supreme knowledge and appreciation of voices meant he took to reviewing like the proverbial duck to water. We enjoyed his style and his insatiable appetite for catching rare operas and new productions wherever he could.