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Staatsoper Hamburg

Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Kent Nagano

Stage director

Michael Thalheimer

Set designer

Olaf Altmann

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Michaela Barth

Lighting designer

Stefan Bolliger

Dramaturge

Ralf Waldschmidt

Chorusmaster

Eberhard Friedrich

Teacher (+5)

Liang Li

Daland

Soprano (+1)

Wendy Bryn Harmer

Senta

Tenor (+4)

Benjamin Bruns

Eric

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Katja Pieweck

Mary

Tenor (+2)

Daniel Kluge

Daland's Steersman

Bass-baritone (+7)

Tomasz Konieczny

The Dutchman

Orchestra

Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg

Chorus

Hamburg State Opera Choir

Hamburgische Staatsoper

Senta's dreams are directed towards the sea: will the man who will free her from her restricted life at home come from there? It begins stormily; Wagner's first fully valid opera presents a grandiose, overwhelming vision of the elements already in the overture. The fate of the Flying Dutchman and the woman who is to redeem him takes place in the roar of the waves and the ocean. This "romantic opera" aims to transcend boundaries - between tradition and future music, between land and sea, between convention and revolution. The result is a thrilling drama telling the story of a young woman who refuses to submit, who puts all her stakes on one card in order to transcend her boundaries, even if it costs her her life.

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