(Photo: © ROH 2024. Photo by Tristram Kenton) It’s 35 years since Bryn Terfel delivered a barnstorming, roof-raising rendition of “Die Frist ist um” from “Der fliegende Holländer” at Cardiff Singer of the World. His battle then with the late Dmitri Hvorostovsky was as titanic as the great oceanic, cosmic forces that suffuse Wagner’s 1843 opera. Much has changed vocally, {…}
The Bayreuth Festival has found a replacement for its production of “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The company said, “the Festival management is extremely pleased that Tomislav Mužek was prepared at very short notice to take over the role of Erik from Andreas Schager, who in turn is standing in for the ill Joseph Calleja in the title role of the new {…}
On May 30, 2023, the Metropolitan Opera revived François Girard’s production of “Der Fliegende Holländer” for the first time since March 2020 when… we all know what happened. While a lot has changed since then, one thing that has remained is that this production still doesn’t match up to Girard’s best work (“Parsifal”) and even less now that he recently {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) This week the Metropolitan Opera opens its final production of the 2023-24 season concluding with Wagner’s epic “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The opera is being revived for the first time since 2020 and with it the company has lined up an all-star cast of Wagnerian singers. Among them is Elza van den Heever. The South {…}
The Bayreuth Festival has announced a cast change for its production of “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The company said, star baritone Michael Volle will return to the 2023 Bayreuth Festival in the title role of “Der Fliegende Holländer” and that John Lundgren has canceled his participation for personal reasons. “Prof. Wagner expresses her extraordinary gratitude to Michael Volle, who was last seen {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” is set to return to the Met for four performances. The opera, which is set to be performed between May 30 to June 10, will be shown in a production by François Girard, which premiered in 2020. German conductor Thomas Guggeis will make his Met debut leading a cast that {…}
(Credit: Ken Howard / Metropolitan Opera) The Metropolitan Opera has announced a conductor change for its 2022-23 revival of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer.” The company noted that Thomas Guggeis will make his Met debut replacing Jaap van Zweden. Guggeis is the Staatskapellmeister at the Staatsoper Berlin and is set to make debuts at the Vienna State Opera and the Semperoper {…}
(Credit: Devon Cass) The Vallejo Center for the Arts has announced that the Empress Theatre will reopen after two-year long hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic with a special concert featuring Canadian American dramatic soprano Othalie Graham. The concert, which will take place on Jan. 15, 2022, will be dedicated to the great German composer Richard Wagner. Graham will perform dramatic {…}
(Credit: © Wiener Staatsoper / Michael Pöhn) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced the slate of operas that it will be presenting on its streaming platform over the next week. Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen” from 2016 will be streamed initially. Adam Fischer conducts a production by Sven-Eric Bechtolf. First up is “Das Rheingold” with Tomasz Konieczny, Norbert Ernst, Michaela Schuster, {…}
(Credit: Wiener Staatsoper official website) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Anja Kampe will not be appearing in the role of Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” for the performances on Nov. 21 & 24, 2021. As a result, well-known dramatic soprano Ricarda Merbeth will take over the role. Merbeth has already stepped in for Kampe for the performance {…}
(Credit: Mirko Joerg Kellner) The Wiener Staatsoper has announced that soprano Anja Kampe will not be appearing in the role of Senta in Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holländer” for the Nov. 17, 2021 performance. As a result, soprano Ricarda Merbeth will take over the role. Merbeth is a well-known dramatic soprano who has performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Bayerische Staatsoper, {…}