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A powerful gale of sound in Budapest's Dutchman

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Reviewed at Müpa: Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest on 8 June 2018
Wagner, Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Michael Boder, Conductor
Balázs Kovalik, Director
Péter Horgas, Set Designer
Mari Benedek, Costume Designer
John Lundgren, Dutchman
Elisabet Strid, Senta
Liang Li, Daland
Ric Furman, Erik
Bernadett Wiedemann, Mary
Franz Gürtelschmied, The Steersman
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Hungarian Radio Choir
Hungarian National Choir
Ádám Fischer, Artistic Director
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