RICHARD WAGNER: THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

Performances

Fri 10th February 2023 at 6.30 pm – premiere
Sun 12th February 2023 at 3 pm
Wed 15th February 2023 at 6.30 pm
Sat 18th February 2023 at 3 pm
Wed 22nd February 2023 at 6.30 pm
Sat 25th February 2023 at 3 pm

Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman

Conductor Anja Bihlmaier
Director Marika Vapaavuori

Set design Marjatta Kuivasto
Costumes Leena Rintala
Lighting Ville Syrjä

Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Tampere Opera Choir, Choir Conductor Heikki Liimola

Tickets

Tickets 104/89/68 €
Pensioners 96/84/63 €
Students 30 € 
(student tickets available on a limited basis from tampere hall ticket sales)

Opera Buffet 37 €
Sold only for premiere 10th February and saturdays 18th February and 25th February

The Flying Dutchman opera performances postponed to 2023. Purchased tickets are valid as is for the new corresponding performance date.

Transfer of performance dates from 2021 to 2023:
Premiere Fri 29.1.2021, tickets will be transferred to Fri 10.2.2023
Sun 31.1.2021 tickets will be transferred to Sun 12.2.2023
Wed 3.2.2021 tickets will be transferred to Wed 15.2.2023
Sat 6.2.2021 tickets will be transferred to Sat 18.2.2023
Wed 10.2.2021 tickets will be transferred to Wed 22.2.2023
Sat 13.2.201 tickets will be transferred to Sat 25.2.2023

About

Tampere Opera will produce Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman in 2023. Premiere is on 10th Feb 2023 and other performances are on 12th-25th Feb 2023.

Wagner’s work is a debut opera production for the experienced theatre director Marika Vapaavuori. The music is played by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, led by German conductor Anja Bihlmaier. Set designer Marjatta Kuivasto, costume designer Leena Rintala and lighting designer Ville Syrjä will create the visual experience of the performance.

The Tampere Opera Choir is trained by Choir Conductor Heikki Liimola.

“Wagner allures new and old audiences alike”

In her versatile career, director Marika Vapaavuori has had the opportunity to direct some of the great classics of theatre literature, as well as entertaining works of musical theatre. She loves great drama and strong stories, so she has always found Wagner’s powerful music particularly alluring.
Marika Vapaavuori is fond of the ambiguous nature of the story of The Flying Dutchman, a seafarer who is condemned to roam the world, and of love that is powerful enough in its fidelity to break the curse.

“The attraction of the work lies in the fact that one can always find new tones and subtleties in the story, whether one is a first-timer or an experienced opera enthusiast. The work is like the sea itself – constantly moving, alluring, in one moment carefree, and suddenly tempestuous and intimidating. But always breathtakingly beautiful and powerful.”

director Marika Vapaavuori

The language of the opera is German. Subtitles in Finnish and English.

The duration will be announced later.
The performance includes an intermission.

Subject to change.

Production Tampere Hall