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Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham

Simon Bailey (Dutchman) and Rachel Nicholls (Senta)
© Craig Fuller
Leonardo Caimi (Erik) and Rachel Nicholls (Senta)
© Craig Fuller
The Flying Dutchman
© Craig Fuller
Welsh National Opera Chorus
© Craig Fuller
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“a powerful reminder of the extraordinary musical standards which are at risk”
Reviewed at Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham on 7 May 2026
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Tomáš Hanus, Conductor
Jack Furness, Director
Elin Steele, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lizzie Powell, Lighting Designer
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Welsh National Opera Chorus
Simon Bailey, Dutchman
Rachel Nicholls, Senta
Leonardo Caimi, Erik
James Creswell, Daland
Monika Sawa, Mary
Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, The Steersman
Rebecca Meltzer, Movement
A magnificent Tosca from Welsh National Opera at the Mayflower
*****
Bancroft and BBCNOW at the Proms: a deeply satisfying Mahler 3
****1
A dark and disturbing Rigoletto from WNO at the Mayflower
****1
WNO stages Death in Venice for the first time and it’s a triumph
*****
Musical performances keep WNO's new Così afloat
***11
Stacey Alleaume leads WNO's emotionally-charged Traviata
****1
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