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...In the end Mary, here played as Senta’s mother, shoots him dead. The style moves from Lars von Trier through David Lynch to Tarantino; Tcherniakov knows his narrative tools....
...Franz-Josef Selig is a practised Daland but sounds worn, and Mihoko Fujimura makes an underpowered Mary. The best singing comes from the tenors....
...Cast members from the SOH roster — Yu Haolei’s Erik, Wang Xiaoxi’s Mary and Zheng Yao’s Steuermann — held their own against Kakhaber Shavidze’s Daland and Todd Thomas’s Holländer, both reprising their roles...
...The mighty Met hasn’t been flying high of late when it comes to Der Fliegende Holländer....
...The late historian Anne Hollander is quoted observing that there is a kind of “irritating perfection” here, a completeness at odds with the jagged edges of modern life....
...Ed Lyon is the sturdy Steersman, Catherine Wyn-Rogers a benevolent Mary....
...The FBI showed Mr Hollander a chart of SAC employees with Mr Cohen at the centre. While low on the totem pole, Mr Hollander helped the FBI fill in some blanks....
...This concert performance of Der fliegende Holländer marked the Zurich Opera’s first showing at the Southbank Centre since 2009....
...First seen in 2009, this production of Der fliegende Holländer is back five years early and the downside of such a speedy return is that the more cogent performances it had last time round are still fresh...
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