DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER
Richard Wagner
Event details
26 May – 15 July 2027
Der fliegende Holländer represents a landmark in Garsington’s history as we stage our first opera by Wagner. This epic production will be directed by Sky Arts and RPS Award-winning director Rachael Hewer, who makes her Garsington debut. Our Artistic Director, Douglas Boyd, takes to the podium to conduct Wagner’s expansive score, featuring the full forces of our chorus and the Philharmonia. The world-class cast is led by 2007 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, bass-baritone Shenyang, and soprano Hedvig Haugerud, both making their Garsington debuts.
The eponymous Flying Dutchman is a mysterious figure cursed to sail the seas for all eternity. Once every seven years he is allowed to make landfall to try and find a woman who will be faithful to him, thereby saving his soul. Considered to be the first of Wagner’s major operas, Der fliegende Holländer is imbued with all the elements of his astonishing ability to conjure vast musical landscapes.
A co-production with Irish National Opera
Sung in German with English supertitles
Booking Information
Priority booking is now open and members are invited to request tickets in line with the allocation deadlines below.
Ingrams Circle, Constellation and Patron deadline Tuesday 24 November 2026
Special Friend and Friend deadline Tuesday 12 January 2027
Affiliate Member booking opens from 10am on Tuesday 2 March 2027
Opus 40 Club booking opens from 10am on Tuesday 16 March 2027
Public booking opens from 10am on Tuesday 30 March 2027
Start time: 5.50pm
26 May – 15 July 2027
26 May – 15 July 2027
Cast & Creative Team
Cast
The Dutchman
Shenyang
Senta
Hedvig Haugerud
Daland
Peter Rose
Erik
Edgaras Montvidas
Mary
Claire Barnett-Jones
The Steersman
Zachary Rioux
Creative Team
Conductor
Douglas Boyd
Director
Rachael Hewer
Designer
Francis O’Connor
Lighting Designer
Mark Jonathan
Movement Director
Gareth Mole
Projection Designer
