Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

Robert Hayward (The Dutchman) and Layla Claire (Senta)

Edgaras Montvidas (Erik), Layla Claire (Senta) and Robert Hayward (The Dutchman)

Chorus of Opera North

Layla Claire (Senta) and the Chorus of Opera North

Robert Hayward (The Dutchman) and Layla Claire (Senta)

By Richard Wilcocks, 02 February 2025

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“Mari Wyn Williams... a consummate Wagnerian who is sure to go far”

Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 1 February 2025

Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

Opera North

Garry Walker, Conductor

Annabel Arden, Director

Joanna Parker, Set Designer, Costume Designer, Video

Kevin Treacy, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of Opera North

Chorus of Opera North

Robert Hayward, Dutchman

Mari Wyn Williams, Senta

Clive Bayley, Daland

Edgaras Montvidas, Erik, The Steersman

Molly Barker, Mary

Angelo Smimmo, Choreography

John Findon triumphs in the return of Opera North’s Peter Grimes

Richard Wilcocks, 13th February

Benjamin Britten’s dark masterpiece Peter Grimes returns triumphantly to Opera North, conducted by Gary Walker and revived by Karolina Sofulak and Tim Claydon.

*****

Opera North’s Susanna: how a woman stood up to her abusers

Richard Wilcocks, 4th October

Handel's oratorio is staged by Olivia Fuchs and conducted by Johanna Soller in Opera North's latest successful collaboration with Phoenix Dance Theatre.

****1

To be or not to be: Hamlet returns to the Buxton Festival

Mark Pullinger, 16th July

After 45 years, Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet returns to Buxton in a gripping, psychological staging by Jack Furness.

****1

Opera North’s gleeful Magic Flute revived

Richard Wilcocks, 27th September

Conducted by Christoph Konz and directed by James Brining, Opera North’s revival of The Magic Flute remains an inventive reinterpretation of Mozart’s classic opera.

****1

Richard Wilcocks, 15th February

Opera North's revives its Cavalleria rusticana production by Karolina Sofulak, pairing it this time with Rachmaninov's early opera Aleko.

****1

Così fan tutte straight out of the Age of Enlightenment in Leeds

Richard Wilcocks, 2nd February

Tim Albery's Opera North production is successfully revived, with a new cast.

****1

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Richard Wilcocks

Richard Wilcocks has worked as a journalist, as a teacher and for the British Council. He sings bass with Leeds Festival Chorus.

Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to the plight of asylum seekers