Film

The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman

2020 · 2h 45m · Music

IMDb

7.9

François Girard, whose revelatory 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagings, now unveils a spellbinding new vision of the composer's tale of a cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity. With sweeping sets by John Macfarlane, Girard’s new production turns the Met stage into a rich, layered tableau reminiscent of a vast oil painting. Valery Gergiev conducts a brilliant cast led by bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin as the Dutchman, with German soprano Anja Kampe making her anticipated Met debut as the devoted Senta, whose selfless love is what the Dutchman seeks. Bass Franz-Josef Selig is her father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov is her deserted former lover, Erik. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Evgeny Nikitin

The Dutchman

Franz-Josef Selig

Daland

David Portillo

Steersman

Mihoko Fujimura

Mary

Anja Kampe

Senta

Sergei Skorokhodov

Erik

MET Orchestra

• Gary HalvorsonDirector
• François GirardDirector

Release date

March 14, 2020

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

2h 45m

Genres

Music