The Flying Dutchman WAGNER
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, ON

Text from The COC website:

OCTOBER 7, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, AND 23, 2022

Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Performance time is approximately two hours and 15 minutes, with no intermission

In a fishing village, a young woman named Senta has become infatuated with the story of the Flying Dutchman, a sea captain condemned to sail for eternity. Legend has it that he has been cursed, and can only step ashore once every seven years—unless he finds true love.

When a ghostly ship anchors near her town’s harbour, Senta’s fantasies are put to the test in director Christopher Alden’s visually striking production, inspired by classic Expressionist cinema and Wagner’s feverish, Romantic score.

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAMS

Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: Christopher Alden
Set & Costume Designer: Allen Moyer
Lighting Designer: Anne Militello
Price Family Chorus Master: Sandra Horst

The Dutchman: Johan Reuter
Senta: Marjorie Owens
Daland: Franz-Josef Selig
The Steersman: Miles Mykkanen
Erik: Christopher Ventris
Mary: Rosie Aldridge

With the COC Orchestra and Chorus

A Canadian Opera Company production

Production underwritten in part by Lisa Balfour Bowen and Family in memory of Walter Bowen and in honour of Alexander Neef