Kirstin Sharpin

"Kirstin Sharpin delivered Senta's deluded obsession with the Dutchman in a scalding Ballad… the generosity of her singing, with some overwhelming top notes, would have seen her through a theatre and a production twice the size. Sharpin injected a much-needed sense of recklessness and passion, and it was easy to imagine her in bigger Wagner roles.”

Peter Reed

Everything perked up when we moved to Act Two — no scenery, by the way, just threatening clouds — and Senta’s ballad, sung with superb incisiveness and intensity by Kirstin Sharpin. The climactic duet between her and the Dutchman — she determined to sacrifice herself for him ‘whoever he may be’, he incredulous but half-believing that he has found ‘the Angel’ he has so long sought — was marvellous, magnetic for us as for them

Michael Tanner