Detailed information
Composer
Richard Wagner
Duration
3 h 20 min (including two intervals)
Libretto
Richard Wagner
Language
german with polish subtitles
Premiere at Baltic Opera Gdansk
Creatives
conductor
Yaroslav Shemet
Shemet is a conductor recognised for his orchestra-building leadership and insightful, architecturally expressive interpretations. He serves as the Artistic Director of the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and the General Music Director of the Baltic State Opera in Gdańsk, making him the youngest director in the history of both institutions. From 2020 to 2022, he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Neue Philharmonie Hamburg, and in the 2020/2021 season he held the position of Chief Conductor of the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Lviv. In the 2023/2024 season, he received nominations for several prestigious awards, including the International Opera Awards (Rising Star category), the Polityka Passports and the Fryderyk Award.
Shemet commands an exceptionally broad symphonic repertoire, encompassing the core Austro-German tradition as well as Central and Eastern European music and contemporary works.
Shemet commands an exceptionally broad symphonic repertoire, encompassing the core Austro-German tradition as well as Central and Eastern European music and contemporary works.
the staging concept and artistic supervision
Tomasz Konieczny
direction
Barbara Wiśniewska
scenography (concept)
Boris Kudlička
scenography
Natalia Kitamikado
costumes
Dorothée Roqueplo
choreography and stage movement
Jacek Przybyłowicz
lights
Maciej Iwańczyk
lights assistant
Maciej Kaczerski
multimedia
Bartek Macias
Michał Lewandowski
Orchestra manager
Piotr Mazurek
conductor's assistant
Piotr Jaworski
Choir preparation
Agnieszka Długołęcka-Kuraś
director's assistant
Magdalena Szlawska
scenographer's assistant
Magdalena Wolak
costumes assistant
Emil Wysocki
Description
The ship of the Norwegian captain enters the port. Daland returns without prey, but after experiencing an extraordinary adventure. During a sea trip, a boat with a mysterious crew of pale sailors moored to his ship, who ask for letters. In unclear circumstances, Daland also met a man who introduced himself as Dutch. After successful business and a bargain purchase of diamonds, Daland decided to entrust the hand of his beautiful daughter Senta to the Dutchman. For years, the girl has been obsessed with the wandering Dutchman - a ship wandering around the ratings and bringing misfortune to sailors. However, it turns out that the man to whom Daland gave his daughter is the captain of the cursed sailors. He will not experience the desired death until he meets a faithful and devoted woman. Senta decides to save him. Unfortunately, the Dutchman is a living corpse, and marrying a corpse is only possible through death. When the Dutchman's ship enters the fog, the girl throws herself off the rock into the sea and finally frees her beloved from the hated life.
WARNING: The show features strobe effects and sudden, loud noises.
WARNING: The show features strobe effects and sudden, loud noises.
Cast
The Dutchman
Tomasz Konieczny
Senta
Kinga Krajnik
Mary
Magdalena Pluta
Daland
Szymon Kobyliński
Eric
Dominik Sutowicz
Daland's steersman
Rafał Bartmiński
conductor
Yaroslav Shemet
Shemet is a conductor recognised for his orchestra-building leadership and insightful, architecturally expressive interpretations. He serves as the Artistic Director of the Silesian Philharmonic in Katowice and the General Music Director of the Baltic State Opera in Gdańsk, making him the youngest director in the history of both institutions. From 2020 to 2022, he was Principal Guest Conductor of the Neue Philharmonie Hamburg, and in the 2020/2021 season he held the position of Chief Conductor of the INSO-Lviv Symphony Orchestra of the National Philharmonic in Lviv. In the 2023/2024 season, he received nominations for several prestigious awards, including the International Opera Awards (Rising Star category), the Polityka Passports and the Fryderyk Award.
Shemet commands an exceptionally broad symphonic repertoire, encompassing the core Austro-German tradition as well as Central and Eastern European music and contemporary works.
Shemet commands an exceptionally broad symphonic repertoire, encompassing the core Austro-German tradition as well as Central and Eastern European music and contemporary works.
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