Artist

Admin

Bass (+3)

Yu Yang

Daland

Guan Zhijing

Tenor

Haolei Yu

Eric

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Wang Xiaoxi

Mary

Zheng Yao

Daland's Steersman

Shanghai Opera House

Conductor

Conductor (+1)

Xǔ Zhōng

Stage director

Stage director (+1)

Guy Montavon

Baritone (+2)

Todd Thomas

The Dutchman

Soprano (+1)

Hui He

Senta

Guangzhou Opera House

Celebration Performance Season - Guangzhou Opera House 13th Anniversary Celebration Wagner Opera in Three Acts "The Flying Dutchman"

Wagner is a controversial figure in the history of music, but no one denies his great influence on music, philosophy, culture, and even social life. His works are famous for their large length and difficult performances. They face challenges from performance to appreciation . Many music lovers stay in the appreciation of Wagner's music for a long time on the opera overture. If you choose an opera work to get started in Wagner's music world, "Der fliegende Holländer" (Der fliegende Holländer) should be the first, which also highlights his personality. Stylish, landmark work. The intertwined relationship between literature and music shown in this work, the creative technique of perfect fusion of human voice and orchestral music, the intertwined plot conflict of love and fate, the profound philosophical proposition of sacrifice and salvation, and the gloomy and psychedelic music color are mixed. The occasional relaxed and elegant style makes it not only Wagner's opera masterpiece in the mature period, but also his first step towards the ideal of "musical theater". As the shortest opera written by Wagner, "The Flying Dutchman" is also the opera that is most easily accepted, understood and welcomed by music fans. The howling of the sea, the turning of the windmill and the spinning wheel... All the stories flow and tell in the music.
 
Today, this work is about to meet the audience at the Guangzhou Grand Theater on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of its opening. This is also the first time Wagner's opera has been staged in Guangzhou. The version staged at the Guangzhou Opera House this time was jointly produced by the Shanghai Opera House and the Erfurt Theater in Germany. Erfurt Theater in Germany and Shanghai Grand Theater. The stage design with a strong sense of film and German-style cold industrial style, and the fusion and exquisite performance of Chinese and German artists have won enthusiastic responses from audiences in both places and high praise from Chinese and German opera circles and professional media. 

The work premiered in Dresden on January 2, 1843. The story is based on a literary work written by Heinrich Heine in 1833. In November 1841, Wagner completed the composition and wrote the following sentence on the last page of the score: " In the night of poverty, through the road of thorns to the world of light. "
 
According to legend, once upon a time, there was a Dutch navigator who braved a huge storm to circumvent the Cape of Good Hope, and vowed that he must complete his feat, even if he sailed for a lifetime, he would not be afraid. The devil heard his oath, and condemned him, and punished him to be adrift at sea until the end of the world; and he shall never be free, unless he finds a woman who will love him faithfully till his death. He is allowed to land once every seven years, and let him look for the woman who is willing to redeem her life with her loyal love.

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