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Flying Dutchman becomes chillingly contemporary in OperaUpClose treatment

Pauls Putnins (Mariner)
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Timothy Dawkins (Captain Dee) and Manchester Camerata
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Philippa Boyle (Starlight) and Manchester Camerata
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Timothy Dawkins (Captain Dee) and Philippa Boyle (Starlight)
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“originally conceived pre-pandemic, yet it has even greater resonance in current times”
Reviewed at Worthing Pavilion Theatre, Worthing on 7 July 2023
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) (New English version by Glyn Maxwell)
OperaUpClose
Timothy Burke, Conductor
Lucy Bradley, Director
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita, Set Designer
Philippa Boyle, Soprano
Annie George, Mezzo-soprano
Timothy Dawkins, Bass-baritone
Toki Hamano, Baritone
Carolyn Holt, Mezzo-soprano
Catherine Hooper, Mezzo-soprano
Pauls Putnins, Bass
Masimba Ushe, Bass
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*****
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***11
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