Der fliegende Holländer

Christof Perick
Cincinnati Opera Chorus
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Date/Location
7 July 2018
Springer Auditorium Music Hall Cincinnati
Recording Type
  live   studio
  live compilation   live and studio
Cast
Daland Arthur Woodley
Senta Marcy Stonikas
Erik Jay Hunter Morris
Mary Elizabeth Bishop
Der Steuermann Dalands Frederick Ballentine, Jr.
Der Holländer Nathan Berg
Gallery
Reviews
Cincinnati Business Courier

‘Flying Dutchman’ thrills in new Cincinnati Opera production

A haunting new production of “The Flying Dutchman” has dropped anchor in Music Hall, and it is spectacular.

Cincinnati Opera presented Wagner’s mythical opera on Thursday in a striking new co-production with Atlanta Opera and Houston Grand Opera. It was Cincinnati’s first performance in 20 years. The updated, multimedia tale of the Dutchman, who is doomed to roam the seas in seven-year cycles until a woman’s love can release him from his curse, gripped viewers from beginning to end.

A top-notch cast of singers populated the Norwegian fishing town where the Dutchman comes ashore. Video projections by S. Katy Tucker conjured the mystery and otherworldly atmosphere that surrounds this ghost story, giving it thrilling sweep.

But equally impressive was the magisterial playing by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the pit, led by Christof Perick. Throughout the opera, the horns – totaling nine players – brought thrilling power to the recurring heroic themes of the kind that Wagner would later refine as leitmotifs in his “Ring Cycle.” The music seamlessly evoked the churning sea and the storm-tossed ship and added emotional heft to the tormented psyche of the Dutchman.

Janelle Gelfand | Jul 6, 2018

Rating
(5/10)
User Rating
(3/5)
Media Type/Label
Technical Specifications
320 kbit/s CBR, 44.1 kHz, 342 MByte (MP3)
Remarks
Broadcast
A production by Brenna Corner