Organization

Singer

Bass-baritone

Yevgeny Nikitin

The Dutchman

Bass

Franz-Josef Selig

Daland

Soprano

Anja Kampe

Senta

Tenor

Sergei Skorokhodov

Eric

Mezzo-soprano

Mihoko Fujimura

Mary

David Portillo

Daland's Steersman

Alok Kumar

Conductor

Valery Gergiev

Patrick Furrer

Stage director

François Girard

Set designer

John Macfarlane

Costume designer

Moritz Junge

Video designer

Peter Flaherty

Lighting designer

David Finn

Choreographer

Carolyn Choa

Dramaturge

Serge Lamothe

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

German

Der fliegende Holländer -  (The Flying Dutchman)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

In March 2020, the Met made the difficult choice to cancel the remainder of the 2019–20 season in an effort to keep audiences, performers, and staff members safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision also meant ending the Live in HD season early, only days before a scheduled transmission of François Girard’s stirring new production of Der Fliegende Holländer. Fortunately, as part of regular preparations for an HD broadcast, a prior performance of the opera was recorded as a camera rehearsal. In this high-definition “scratch taping,” celebrated conductor Valery Gergiev is on the podium for Wagner’s breakout operatic masterpiece, an eerie ghost story about the otherworldly Flying Dutchman. Having already sung a number of the composer’s works at the Met, bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin delivers a commanding performance in the title role, opposite soprano Anja Kampe in her debut season as Senta. The thrilling cast also stars tenor Sergey Skorokhodov as Erik, bass Franz-Josef Selig as Daland, mezzo-soprano Mihoko Fujimura as Mary, and tenor David Portillo as the Steersman.

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