The Flying Dutchman
Key Details
Release StatusReleased
Release Date1989-01-01
Languagede
Runtime2h 19m
Production
Savonlinna Opera Festival, NVC Arts
Overview
lkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a skipper who's been banished to sea for all eternity. Staged in a large outdoor courtyard inside Finland's Olavinlinna Castle, the production features German singer Franz Grundheber in the title role and Finnish opera singer Matti Salminen as Daland, a Norwegian sea captain whose daughter Senta (Hildegard Behrens) is the love of the Dutchman's life.
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