Opera
Duration
148 Min
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Bayreuth, 2021)
Tcherniakov, Lyniv
Performance date: 25/07/2021
148 Min
Three highly anticipated debuts made this production of Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer at the Bayreuth Festival an exceptional event: after her sensational success as Salome at the Salzburg Festival, soprano Asmik Grigorian performed Senta with compelling expressiveness and emotional power; director Dmitri Tcherniakov added an intriguing additional new layer to the story of the Dutchman crossing the oceans for eternity; and Ukrainian Oksana Lyniv became the first female conductor in the festival's long history to appear on the green hill – and was celebrated by audiences and press alike.
- Soloists:
- Attilio Glaser (Tenor), John Lundgren (Baritone), Eric Cutler (Tenor), Asmik Grigorian (Soprano), Marina Prudenskaya (Mezzo-Soprano), Georg Zeppenfeld (Bass)
- Ensembles:
- Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Oksana Lyniv
