Der Fliegende Holländer

Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer opera to a libretto by the composer. Directed 2010 by Martin Kušej at De Nederlandse Opera. Stars Robert Lloyd, Catherine Naglestad, Marco Jentzsch, Marina Prudenskaja, Oliver Ringelhahn, and Juha Uusitalo. Harmut Haenchen conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera (Chorus Master Martin Wright). Set design by Martin Zehetgruber; costumes by Heide Kastler; lighting  by Reinhard Traub; dramaturgy by Sebastian Huber; TV direction by Joost Honselaar. Released 2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: B+

The L'OperaDou Jury awarded a "B+" to Der Fliegende Holländer, and that will be the grade on this website. Gramophone in July 2011 warmly praised this title in its "Super Audio Corner." Please help us by writing a comment that we can place here as a more complete mini-review of this title.