The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024-25 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts continues with the second opera in the Artist’s Choice series of performances hand-picked by today’s stars.
Operatic bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green chose this week’s broadcast in honor of the famed bass-baritone George London: a celebrated 1960 performance of Wagner’s "Der Fliegende Holländer" (The Flying Dutchman).
Read the synopsis and program guide from the Metropolitan Opera.
George London sings the role of the Flying Dutchman's undead captain who is cursed to sail the seas for eternity unless he can find true love. Soprano Leonie Rysanek stars as Senta, a sailor's daughter obsessed with the legend of the Flying Dutchman. The cast also features Karl Liebl and Giorgio Tozzi with Thomas Schippers conducting the Met Orchestra and Chorus.
Composer: Richard Wagner
Libretto: Richard Wagner
CAST
Dutchman: George London
Senta: Leonie Rysanek
Erik: Karl Liebl
Daland: Giorgio Tozzi
