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Tempest-tossed on the storm of life: Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at Fulham Opera

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“it is our sudden, imposed rootlessness which puts us all at sea with the Dutchman”
Reviewed at St John's Fulham, London on 20 November 2015
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Ben Woodward, Conductor
Daisy Evans, Director
Janet AN Fischer, Senta
Edward Hughes, Erik
Keel Watson, Dutchman
John Milne, Daland
Mae Heydorn, Mary
Tom Lowe, The Steersman
Patriot games: Simon Boccanegra at Fulham Opera
****1
Ben Woodward, in his superb musical act of reduction with Fulham Opera at St John's Church, Fulham, has brought us a Ring of eyewatering clarity, raw beauty and visceral power. Cancel everything, and go.
*****
Fulham Opera: Das Rheingold
*****
The Fulham Ring concludes with Götterdämmerung
***11
Wagner done proud in Fulham: Siegfried from Fulham Opera
****1
Die Walküre at Fulham Opera
***11
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