Please note: Due to the MET’s cancellation of its live performance in New York City as a result of New York State regulations, we are unable to broadcast the performance of Der Fliegende Holländer or host Opera Connection’s discussion of the broadcast.
A spellbinding new vision of the cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity. Director François Girard, whose mesmerizing production of Parsifal recently wowed Met audiences, returns to stage Wagner’s eerie early masterwork.
Cast: Valery Gergiev; Anja Kampe (Senta), Mihoko Fujimura (Mary), Sergey Skorokhodov (Erik), David Portillo (Steuermann), Evgeny Nikitin (Holländer), Franz-Josef Selig (Daland), François Girard (Production); John Macfarlane (Set Designer), Moritz Junge (Costume Designer), David Finn (Lighting Designer), Peter Flaherty (Projection Designer), Carolyn Choa (Choreographer), Serge Lamothe (Dramaturg)