Longborough Festival Opera - Der Fliegende Holländer Reviews
28 March 2024
Kirstin Sharpin (Senta), Simon Thorpe (Dutchman)
William Wallace (Steerman)
Kirstin Sharpin (Senta), Carolyn Dobbin (Mary), Chorus
Kirstin Sharpin (Senta), Jonathan Stoughton (Erik)
Simon Thorpe (Dutchman)

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Der Fliegende Holländer

Longborough Festival Opera


No. of reviews: 10

Opera needs this kind of intrepid eccentricity
18 Jun 18 / The Observer
An exhilarating storm-tossed evening in the Cotswolds
16 Jun 18 / Bachtrack
Longborough continues to be a refuge for British Wagnerians fleeing idiotic productions
14 Jun 18 / The Spectator
A welcome addition to the festival’s exploration of Wagner's earlier creations
13 Jun 18 / Music OMH
Anthony Negus’s conducting allows Longborough’s Der Fliegende Holländer to conquer high seas
11 Jun 18 / Seen and Heard
Longborough’s track record with Wagner’s works is an astonishingly thrilling achievement
9 Jun 18 / Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
Negus sets up the story’s tensions in a passionate, spacious account of the overture
8 Jun 18 / Classical Source
Beautifully played but dramatically inert
8 Jun 18 / The Stage
A production that really flies
8 Jun 18 / Telegraph
The Flying Dutchman opens this year's Longborough Festival and a star is born
8 Jun 18 / What's on Stage
Production details
Cast
Wiegold, Sharpin, Stoughton, Dobbin, Wallace, Thorpe
(c) Negus (d) Guthrie
Performance dates
6, 9, 11, 13 June 2018
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