The Flying Dutchman Opera at Artpark

Description

Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman will be performed in its original German, with English supertitles projected onto the on-stage screen in the Mainstage Theater.

This beloved opera tells the haunting tale of a sea captain cursed to roam the oceans for eternity. His only hope of salvation lies in the selfless love of a woman willing to sacrifice herself for him. Once every seven years, the Dutchman is allowed to come ashore in search of such a bride. In our production, his path crosses with Senta, a woman who seems to understand—and perhaps even share in—his tragic fate.