The Flying Dutchman by Wagner, Richard, Dom 04 Beal 2025, Ó (2025/2025), Faoi stiúir Philipp Stölzl, Seoltóir Pablo Heras-Casado, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany

To roam restlessly through the world's oceans, only able to go ashore once every seven years, hoping to find a woman who will be faithful to him until death, only to be disappointed again and again - that is the fate of the Flying Dutchman, who has been haunted by a curse for a long time. But he finds new strength through his encounter with the Norwegian captain Daland and his daughter Senta. Out of a romantic spirit, the young Richard Wagner turned the old legend of the Flying Dutchman into an opera, with bold sounds and an almost unbridled force. This legend is dark and mysterious, and Wagner has captured its atmosphere so succinctly in his astonishing score. In the orchestra he unleashes the forces of nature, in the choirs he also lets folkloristic tones resonate, in the solo scenes, duets and ensembles he brings a high degree of expressiveness. Dream and reality blur into one another, it is almost impossible to tell what is imagination and what is reality apart. Since the Dresden premiere in 1843, the "Flying Dutchman" has sailed the opera stages of the world, and has often dropped anchor in Berlin. Philipp Stölzl's production shows Wagner's work as a colorful pirate story and as a fantastic, adventurous journey of the soul, with a few surprising twists and turns.