The Flying Dutchman

...that had been left vacant since the death of Richard Bradshaw two years ago. In the spring, Debus is back in the COC orchestra pit for The Flying Dutchman, by Wagner, which opens on April 24. The longer-term planning, including...

In this article: Richard Wagner, Four Seasons Centre, London, Fiscal year, and Siegfried

...highlights of the best opera." Other selections will include the overture to "Die Fledermaus" by Johann Strauss Jr.; Wagner's "Flying Dutchman" overture; the "March and Chorus" from Act IV of Bizet's "Carmen"; the "Hebrew Slaves' Chorus"...

In this article: Carmen, Flying Dutchman, Nabucco, Madama Butterfly, Aida, and Johann Strauss Jr

...this was the path to his redemption. Using words such as redemption and transcendence do not faze Drummond, whose first opera, Wagner's The Flying Dutchman, opens in Adelaide this weekend. As the younger son of a Methodist minister he...

In this article: University of Adelaide, Robert Dessaix, Transcendence, Sydney, Methodist, and God

...could make writing articles on music and copying scores. Wagner hit on the idea of a one-act opera on the theme of The Flying Dutchman, which he hoped might be performed before a ballet at the Opera. "The voyage through the Norwegian reefs...

In this article: Richard Wagner, Heinrich Heine, Rienzi, Paris, and Riga

...the title role in Benjamin Britten's searing opera is one of his signature roles. Then he goes to Adelaide for a new production of The Flying Dutchman with State Opera of South Australia, then to Melbourne for a reprise season of...

In this article: Lohengrin, Bruce Beresford, God, Richard Bonynge, Sydney, Peter Grimes, and US

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Pick of the Week: Life on the ocean wave The Flying Dutchman, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Tues In today's GPS-configured world, ships don't go missing half as often as they used to, which...

In this article: Richard Wagner, Flying Dutchman, Thetis, Rienzi, Heinrich Heine, and Simone Young

A dramatic soprano, her Met career included Elettra in Mozart's "Idomeneo," Isolde in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," Senta in "The Flying Dutchman," Donna Anna in Mozart's "Don Giovanni," Santuzza in Mascagni's "Cavalleria...

In this article: Hildegard Behrens, E mail, Don Giovanni, Salome, Richard Strauss, Tokyo, and All rights reserved

...for the modern. It is what all festivals should aim to do. Other highlights this year include a concert performance of Wagner's Flying Dutchman by the Hamburg State Opera, and the mouth-watering Discovery of Spain exhibition at the...

In this article: Edinburgh, Faust, Salzburg, Vienna Philharmonic, and Das Lied von der Erde

...public face. Among this year's changes is a new "Wagner for Kids" series, with a specially adapted version of the composer's "Flying Dutchman" made palatable for six-to-10 year olds. As every year, the 2009 edition will run from...

In this article: Richard Wagner, Flying Dutchman, Parsifal, and The Mastersingers of Nuremberg

...century with video podcasts and a performance being screened for online viewers, is also staging a child-friendly performance of The Flying Dutchman which premiered earlier on Saturday. Katharina Wagner said they intended to show a...

In this article: EU, Richard Wagner, Karolos Papoulias, and Angela Merkel