The Flying Dutchman

lkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a skipper who's been banished to sea for all eternity. Staged in a large outdoor courtyard inside Finland's Olavinlinna Castle, the production features German singer Franz Grundheber in the title role and Finnish opera singer Matti Salminen as Daland, a Norwegian sea captain whose daughter Senta (Hildegard Behrens) is the love of the Dutchman's life.

Country:

Finland

Genre:

Music,

Romance,

Drama

Duration:

139 minutes

Year:

1989

Director:

Ilka Bäkkman

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Company:

Savonlinna Opera Festival,

NVC Arts

Cast:

The Dutchman

Daland

Erik

Mary

Steersman

Crew:

Director