Tim Albery’s production of Wagner’s beloved The Flying Dutchman returns to the Royal Opera House for its fourth revival in a stunning performance that once again features Sir Bryn Terfel in the title ...

Jack Furness’s unconventional staging for Welsh National Opera sees the orchestra play up a storm under Tomáš Hanus in Wagner’s legend of the man condemned to sail the oceans for eternity ...

Few mariners would deny the possibility of Sisyphean ghost ships, forever sailing through tempest and tumult. Richard Wagner’s fantastical 1843 opera “The Flying Dutchman” finds drama in the ...

Opera Colorado's production of "The Flying Dutchman" was created from the ground up in about 2 years. The organization wanted to put a new spin on an old classic. In Richard Wagner's opera "The Flying ...

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Opera North has got it right. At this time of acute uncertainty for the UK’s opera companies, it welcomes its audiences both old and new with confidence. The company has struck a fine balance between ...

Check out production photos below! In his third season as Lyric’s Music Director, Enrique Mazzola leads the Lyric Opera Orchestra through a series of momentous "firsts." This season opener, which ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Regional opera companies always take a pause before they produce operas by Richard Wagner. The German composer has a big reputation for grand titles that ...

Fleeing One and Bureaucrat: Robert Hayward as The Dutchman and Clive Bayley as Daland in Opera North’s production of The Flying Dutchman The production as a whole, however, and the contributions of ...

Of course there’s a justifying concept. “Stripping everything away,” says the designer Elin Steele, “lent itself to the metaphysical nature of the piece.” In this case the metaphysics involve a ...

But while pulling off "The Flying Dutchman" will be historic for Opera Roanoke, Williamson is cautious when discussing the opera's future fortunes. The Taubman Foundation Sustainability Grant program ...