Der Fliegende Holländer Is June 10, 2023, as Saturday Radio Broadcast

Summary: Der Fliegende Holländer is the June 10, 2023, Saturday matinee radio broadcast, airing as 24th of the 2022-2023 season's 24 Saturday radio broadcasts.

German conductor Thomas Guggeis makes his Met Opera debut in the 2022-2023 Met Opera season's revival of French Canadian director François Girard's 2019-2020 production of Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer; sets by John Macfarlane, costumes by Moritz Junge, lighting by David Finn, projection design by Peter Flaherty, choreography by Carolyn Choa: Thomas Guggeis -- Conductor, via Facebook April 10, 2022

Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer is the June 10, 2023, Saturday matinee radio broadcast, airing at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Time, as the 24th of the 2022-2023 Met Opera season's lineup of 24 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

Nineteenth-century German composer and librettist Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813-Feb. 13, 1883) set his musical score for Der Fliegende Holländer to his own German libretto. His sourced his libretto from a novel, Aus den Memoiren des Herrn von Schnabelewopski (The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski), published in 1834 by 19th-century German writer Heinrich Heine (Dec. 13, 1797-Feb. 17, 1856). Heine wrote his novel as an ironic retelling of the legend of a ghost sea captain whose release from a curse of eternal roaming depends upon the love of a faithful woman.

Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer premiered Monday, Jan. 2, 1843, at Königliches Hoftheater (Royal Court Theatre), located in the historic center of Dresden, Saxony, east central Germany. Der Fliegende Holländer numbered as the second of three Wagner operas with Königliches Hoftheater, Dresden, premieres. Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen ("Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes") had premiered Thursday, Oct. 20, 1842. Tannhäuser (German full title: Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") premiered Sunday, Oct. 19, 1845.

The Metropolitan Opera premiere of Der Fliegende Holländer took place Wednesday, Nov. 27, 1889, at the opera company's first opera house, located at 1411 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan's Garment District. The opera received seven performances in the 1889-1890 season.

The 2022-2023 Met Opera season stages Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer as the first revival of the new production that François Girard debuted Monday, March 2, 2020, in the opera company's 160th performance of Wagner's Norwegian coast-set ghostly, redemptive opera. Five of the new production's eight scheduled performances in the 2019-2020 season were cancelled because of Covid-19 virus pandemic. The French Canadian director had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in the opera company's 289th performance of Wagner's Parsifal.

Der Fliegende Holländer receives four performances in the 2022-2023 season. The opera's first two performances took place Tuesday, May 30, at 8:00 p.m., Eastern Time, and Saturday, June 3, at 8:30 p.m. The third and fourth, closing performances are scheduled for Wednesday, June 7, at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday matinee radio broadcast June 10 at 1:00 p.m.

Thomas Guggeis conducts all four performances. The German conductor and pianist made his Met Opera debut in the 2022-2023 season's opening performance of Der Fliegende Holländer.

Tomasz Konieczny appears in all performances as the time-weary Dutch captain, whose doomed, unending voyages finally end with the love of Senta, daughter of a Norwegian sea captain. The Polish bass-baritone had made his Met Opera debut Thursday, March 14, 2019, as Alberich in the opera company's 169th performance of Wagner's Das Rheingold.

Elza van den Heever appears in all performances as Senta, whose faithful love releases the curse on the Dutch captain. The South African soprano made her Met Opera debut Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as Elisabetta in the opera company’s premiere of Maria Stuarda by 19th-century Italian bel canto opera composer Gaetano Donizetti (Nov. 29, 1797-April 8, 1848).

Dmitry Belosselskiy appears in all performances as Captain Daland, who matches his daughter Senta with the mysterious Dutch captain. The Ukrainian bass made his Metropolitan Opera debut Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011, as Zaccaria in the opera company’s 54th performance of Nabucco by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi (Oct. 10, 1813-Jan. 27, 1901).

Eric Cutler appears in all performances as huntsman Erik, whom Senta rejects as suitor in favor of the Dutch captain. The American tenor had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Oct. 13, 2000, as the First Prisoner in the opera company's 205th performance of Fidelio by German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven (bapt. Dec. 17, 1770-March 26, 1827).

Richard Trey Smagur as Steuermann ("steersman"), who falls asleep during his watch on Captain Daland's ship. The American tenor had made his Met Opera debut Friday, Dec. 10, 2021, as the First Guard in the opera company's 460th performance of Die Zauberflöte by Classical Era composer Wolfgang Mozart (Jan. 27, 1756-Dec. 5, 1791).

François Girard's production team comprises John Macfarlane, set designer; Moritz Junge, costume designer; David Finn, lighting designer; Peter Flaherty, projection designer; Carolyn Choa, choreographer; and Serge Lamothe, dramaturg. Scottish designer John Macfarlane had made his Met Opera debut Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, in the opera company's 240th performance of Hänsel und Gretel by German composer Engelbert Humperdinck (Sep. 1, 1854-Sep. 27, 1921). German costume designer Moritz Junge had made his Met Opera debut Tuesday, April 14, 2015, in David McVicar's new productions of Cavalleria Rusticana by Italian composer Pietro Mascagni (Dec. 7, 1863-Aug. 2, 1945) and Pagliacci by Italian opera composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (April 23, 1857-Aug. 9, 1919), during the opera company's 671st Cavalleria performance and 713th Pagliacci performance. American lighting designer David Finn, projection designer Peter Flaherty and French-Canadian dramaturg Serge Lamothe had made their Met Opera debuts Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, along with their director, in the debut of François Girard's new production of Wagner's Parsifal, during the opera company's 289th Parsifal performance. Hong Kongese choreographer and director Carolyn Choa had made her Met Opera debut Monday, Sep. 25, 2006, in the opera company's 799th performance of Madama Butterfly by Italian opera composer Giacomo Puccini (Dec. 22, 1858-Nov. 29, 1924).

The 2022-2023 Met Opera season's lineup of Saturday matinee broadcasts closes with the Saturday matinee radio broadcast June 10. The matinee performance numbers as the 24th of the season's 24 Saturday matinee opera broadcasts.

(left to right) Dmitry Belosselskiy as Captain Daland, Elza van den Heever as the captain's daughter, Senta, and Eric Cutler as huntsman Erik, rejected as Senta's suitor; sets by John Macfarlane, costumes by Moritz Junge, lighting by David Finn, projection design by Peter Flaherty, choreography by Carolyn Choa: Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Twitter May 30, 2023

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

Image credits:

German conductor Thomas Guggeis makes his Met Opera debut in the 2022-2023 Met Opera season's revival of French Canadian director François Girard's 2019-2020 production of Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer; sets by John Macfarlane, costumes by Moritz Junge, lighting by David Finn, projection design by Peter Flaherty, choreography by Carolyn Choa: Thomas Guggeis -- Conductor, via Facebook April 10, 2022, @ https://www.facebook.com/thomasguggeisconductor/posts/pfbid02eC2Z1XtRwt9DNnYJhWEgmYtUdH8CHFCphZR5yZ7SdKggNeabCRRBs6eCmjGzg3ufl

(left to right) Dmitry Belosselskiy as Captain Daland, Elza van den Heever as the captain's daughter, Senta, and Eric Cutler as huntsman Erik, rejected as Senta's suitor; sets by John Macfarlane, costumes by Moritz Junge, lighting by David Finn, projection design by Peter Flaherty, choreography by Carolyn Choa: Metropolitan Opera @MetOpera, via Twitter May 30, 2023, @ https://twitter.com/MetOpera/status/1663520904222248961

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Thomas Guggeis -- Conductor. "After two intense concert weeks with some of the greatest masterpieces of music history - Eroica and Schubert 8 with la Verdi in Milano and Bruckner 9 with the Essener Philharmoniker - happily on my way back to Berlin. Also some exciting news about next season: my first time at the The Metropolitan Opera New York with Wagner‘s Fliegender Holländer! Gonna be my very first encounter with the big continent. . ." Facebook. April 10, 2022.
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