Richard Wagner

James Levine's is a more recent entry in the realm of Dutchman recordings, and sonically the recording is absolutely stunning, with great attention having been paid to the recording process. The casting for this Metropolitan Opera effort is also uniformly first rate, even in the less grateful roles of the hapless Erik, sung by the impressive Ben Heppner, and the scolding nurse, Mary, sung by Birgitta Svendén. Morris's brooding Dutchman is hard to match on any other available recording, and Deborah Voigt is a ravishing Senta. The chorus work is quite good, though not quite as rich as that heard in the Solti/Chicago recording. Overall, Levine does a workmanlike job of conducting these impressive forces, though there are passages in which his tempi seem to drag. This recording is a must for anyone who needs a completely up to date version of Wagner's first major opera.

Wagner’s music dramas are his primary artistic legacy. These can be divided chronologically into three periods. Wagner’s early stage began at age 19 with his first attempt at an opera...

Tenor Daniel Behle and two of his favourite composers: Strauss & Wagner. Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss are the two great musical fixed stars in the musical world of tenor Daniel Behle. At the 2021 Bayreuth Festival he was heard as David in the "Meistersinger", in Dortmund and soon in Amsterdam he will be heard in the title role of "Lohengrin".

Richard Wagner - Der Fliegende Hollander (2005) [DVD] {Deutsche Grammophon}
DVD9 -> 7.18 Gb | All Regions | NTSC 4:3 | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch / DTS, 6 ch) | ~ 135 min | ISO Image
Subs: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (png) -> 89 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 1986, 2005 Deutsche Grammophon / Universal | 0440 073 4041
Classical / Opera

First-time release on DVD! This legend of a Dutch sea captain cursed to sail the earth unendingly, only coming ashore once every seven years to seek the selfless love of a woman, featured themes that would be of enduring interest to Wagner: the theme of a wanderer in search of redemption reappears several times in his later Ring des Nibelungen; that of redemption through a woman's act of self-sacrifice appears both in Tannhäuser and the Ring; and that of a pre-destined and unbreakable love is central to both the Ring and Tristan and Isolde. In this and several other ways the composition of Der Fliegende Holländer foreshadowed the events of the composer's development as a mature composer.