2023-04-17 11:32:00
Aron Stiehl’s production of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman was revived at the Volksoper.
Stacked boxes instead of hoisted sails, movable walls and paintings instead of a clear view of the sea: Frank Philipp Schlößmann’s stage design has a claustrophobic mood instead of a sea atmosphere. Waves can only be seen in the background – and in the numerous paintings that Senta adores. The ship of the cursed Dutchman is likely to be anchored in the audience area, as the choir sang the “helmsman, let the watch” head on to the audience, while the ghostly voices came from the tape.
Not only here, but in general, conductor Ben Glassberg, who has already conducted “Deutsches Requiem” at the Volksoper and will be in charge of the premiere production “The Merry Weiber of Windsor” in May, often relied on powerful things in this non-stop version. Sometimes – like right at the beginning of the overture – too much. It was more interesting how he designed sentimental passages, he did this with a lot of feeling. And just that short passage, which came from the tape, seemed less hurricane-like in a positive sense than at the premiere. The fact that the sound was generally different than usual – partly with more brass and percussion – is due to a different instrumentation in the pit.
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