West Bay Opera: Der fliegende Holländer

52nd Season
2007–2008

Der fliegende Holländer
The Flying Dutchman
Music and Libretto by Richard Wagner

first performed Hoftheater, Dresden, January 2, 1843
first performed by West Bay Opera Winter 1968

Six Performances Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto
(in German with English titles) Conductor: José Luis Moscovich Director: David F. Ostwald

Friday, May 23, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM

Friday, May 30, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 2:00 PM

The Program (meet the cast & crew)

Previews & Reviews

West Bay’s Safe Harbor for Dutchman (San Francisco Classical Voice, May 25, 2008)
A wonderful watery Wagner fantasy (Palo Alto Weekly, May 30, 2008)

For centuries, the Flying Dutchman sails the seas, condemned to live until he can find salvation in the love of a truly faithful woman. Senta, a teenage village girl on the Norwegian coast, proves faithful to the death. This is love, betrayal, and redemption Wagner style. Der fliegende Holländer is an early work of genius, and the last of Wagner’s italianate operas.

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