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Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman” was performed Saturday afternoon, in its original German with English supertitles, inside the Artpark Mainstage Theater in Lewiston.
This electrifying production featured Metropolitan Opera star Michael Chioldi, joined by internationally acclaimed opera luminaries Marjorie Owens, Daniel Sumegi and Robert Stahley, and rising talents from Western New York at the Eastman School of Music: Emily Skilling and Jason Garcia-Kakuk.
They performed onstage alongside Western New York's beloved Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus in the semi-staged production, under the baton of Grammy Award-winning conductor Gil Rose, who brought Wagner’s stormy score vividly to life.
This beloved opera tells the haunting tale of a sea captain cursed to roam the oceans for eternity. His only hope of salvation lies in the selfless love of a woman willing to sacrifice herself for him. Once every seven years, the Dutchman is allowed to come ashore in search of such a bride. His path crosses with Senta, a woman who seems to understand - and perhaps even share in – his tragic fate.
This opera was presented by Artpark and supported, in part, by M&T Bank, The Cullen Foundation, The Baird Foundation, Oliver G. and Sarah Bauman Fund for the Arts administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Wilfred and Joan Larson Fund administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and The Stenclik Family Charitable Fund.
Still to come this season at Artpark: Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas (Sept. 21) and Vance Joy (Sept. 26).
For more information, or for tickets, visit artpark.net.
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Phone: 716-773-7676
Fax: 716-773-7190
