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27/10/2016

Wagner - The Flying Dutchman

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A performance of Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman given at the 2016 Bayreuth Festival.

Jonathan Swain presents a performance of Wagner's opera The Flying Dutchman given at the 2016 Bayreuth Festival. With baritone John Lundgren and soprano Ricarda Merbeth.

Today's Opera Matinée is a performance of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman recorded at this year's Bayreuth Festival, conducted by Axel Kober, and the Dutchman sung by John Lundgren.
Presented by Jonathan Swain.

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman

The Dutchman ..... John Lundgren (baritone)
Daland ..... Peter Rose (bass)
Senta ..... Ricarda Merbeth (soprano)
Erik ..... Andreas Schager (tenor)
Mary ..... Nadine Weissmann (mezzo-soprano)
Daland's Steersman ..... Benjamin Bruns (tenor)
Bayreuth Festival Chorus
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Axel Kober, conductor


The Flying Dutchman has been condemned for eternity to sail his ship, and only once every seven years is allowed to come ashore to seek redemption by a faithful woman. A storm has driven him to a Norwegian harbour where he moors beside Daland, who is impressed by the Dutchman's wealth. The Dutchman meets and falls for Daland's daughter, Senta, and hopes he has found his redemption in her. She eagerly accepts the Dutchman's declaration of love and his proposal, but he wrongly thinks she is unfaithful, so returns to his ship and sets sail without her.

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