21.05.-20.06.2027 / Opera
Der fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner
Sat 05.06.2027
Theater Duisburg
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
19:30 - 21:45
Revival Opera
19:30 - 21:45
Opera
18:30 - 20:45
For the last time this season Opera
Drama of longing and soul in a rushing sea of sound
Opera in three acts
Libretto by the composer
Libretto by the composer
The “Flying Dutchman” is not like the men who populate Senta’s provincial world. An outsider like herself, and one haunted by a grim fate, his story has fascinated her from an early age: once, the Dutchman cursed God; as punishment, he must sail the world’s oceans in his ghost ship until a loving woman frees him from his curse. Senta is destined to alter the fate of the legendary sailor – and, thereby, her own.
In Richard Wagner’s œuvre, “The Flying Dutchman” marks the decisive threshold between works still oriented towards the opera of numbers and the development of his music drama, in which motifs, psychology and dramatic coherence come together programmatically for the first time.
In Richard Wagner’s œuvre, “The Flying Dutchman” marks the decisive threshold between works still oriented towards the opera of numbers and the development of his music drama, in which motifs, psychology and dramatic coherence come together programmatically for the first time.
Musikalische Leitung
Inszenierung
Bühne
Kostüme
Lightdesign
Chorleitung
Dramaturgie
Rehearsal trailer
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Bogdan Taloș (Daland), Anna Harvey (Mary), Statisterie
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer)
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Bogdan Taloș (Daland), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein, im Hintergrund porträtiert: Michael Volle (Der Holländer)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Bogdan Taloș (Daland), Gabriela Scherer (Senta), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Ensemble
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Gabriela Scherer (Senta), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Gabriela Scherer (Senta), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Jussi Myllys (Erik), Gabriela Scherer (Senta), Statisterie
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta), David Fischer (Steuermann), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta), David Fischer (Steuermann), Bogdan Taloș (Daland), Jussi Myllys (Erik), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta), David Fischer (Steuermann), Bogdan Taloș (Daland), Jussi Myllys (Erik), Chor der Deutschen Oper am Rhein
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Michael Volle (Der Holländer), Gabriela Scherer (Senta)
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Senta’s life is a drab and dull one. Home is not a comfortable place to be and her down-toearth fiancé Erik is hardly glamorous while her friends have accepted their own fates and treat her dreams with scorn. However, this only makes Senta more passionate to break away from the dismal predictability of her provincial existence. And she has a plan. Ever since she was a little girl, Senta has felt she has a fateful connection with the saga of the Flying Dutchman: the grim sailor who, the story goes, cursed God in the middle of a risky manoeuvre at sea and has been condemned to wander the seas ever since until the day when he is redeemed by a woman’s true love. Senta is convinced that she is destined to be that woman, whose steadfast love will change the Dutchman’s fate – and also bring meaning to her own life. Her relatives are concerned by Senta’s growing obsession with the tale of the “Flying Dutchman”. But however much they try, they are unable to deter Senta from devoting her life to rescuing the legendary sailor. When Senta suddenly believes she has seen the Flying Dutchman alive before her eyes, she senses: Now the time has come to achieve great things … //