"The Groot Omroepkoor and Cappella Amsterdam sang magnificently against each other with a wind force of nine, while Van Zweden, with the superbly playing orchestra, including a wind machine and three extra piccolos, stirred things up even more."Trouw
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) Der fliegende Holländer, WWV 63
Cappella Amsterdam
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Netherlands Radio Choir
Cappella Amsterdam
Jaap van Zweden conductor
Benjamin Goodson choral conductor
Brian Mulligan baritone (Holländer)
Miina-Liisa Värelä Soprano (Senta)
Benjamin Bruns tenor (Erik)
Andreas Bauer Kanabas bass (Daland)
Matthew Swensen tenor (Der Steurmann Dalands)
Iris van Wijnen mezzo-soprano (Mary)
In 1843, Wagner was at the beginning of his career. Two now-forgotten youth operas and a grand opera had not brought him the success he had expected. With Der fliegende Holländer, that changed. The composer was inspired by a satirical novella by Heinrich Heine, which takes place during a theater performance in Amsterdam. The story features a cursed Dutch sea captain who can be redeemed by the love of a woman.
Conductor Jaap van Zweden, who would debut Der fliegende Holländer at the Metropolitan Opera in 2023, now conducts Wagner’s first success in the ZaterdagMatinee.
Jaap van Zweden by Simon van Boxtel
