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Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner.The central theme is redemption through love. Wagner conducted the premiere at the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden in 1
Spirits Known and Unknown, subtitled New Vocal Frontiers, is the debut album by American jazz vocalist and percussionist Leon Thomas recorded in 1969 and released by the Flying Dutchman label. [1] [2] [3] [4]
He also sang the Germanic operatic repertoire, including Florestan in Fidelio and Eric in The Flying Dutchman. During the 1970s, Smith and his son Robin Donald, also a tenor, made operatic history together, alternating singing the role of Eric in The Flying Dutchman, in performance with the Australian Opera Company (now Opera Australia). Robin ...
In summer 2010, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival as helmsman in The Flying Dutchman. [5] For Bruns, oratorios and lieder form an important counterpart to his stage work. At the core of his extensive concert repertoire are the great sacred works of Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn.
The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever.The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [1] [2] [3] and of Dutch maritime power.
He made his Bayreuth debut as the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman in 1956. [3] He subsequently sang the heavier roles there in many seasons from 1967 until 1984, mainly Siegfried in Siegfried and Götterdämmerung. His international career extended mostly to Europe. He made his Covent Garden debut in October 1975, singing the title role in ...
Morris's other Wagnerian tenor roles include Tristan, which he sang in concert performances under Zubin Mehta of Tristan und Isolde in Valencia, Spain in June 2012, and Erik in The Flying Dutchman, which he sang at Glimmerglass in the summer of 2013. [18] [22] His Wagnerian repertoire also includes Walther, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Siegmund. [14]
John Gilmore (1950 – December 7, 1994 [1]) was an American operatic tenor. ... the Shepherd in Oedipus rex, and the Steersman in The Flying Dutchman among others.