Der fliegende Holländer

""Den Flyvende Hollænder" med bl.a. danske Lisbeth Balslev i sin glansperiode som Senta. Herligt sangteater, hvor i hvert fald Matti Salminen som Daland fint supplerer Balslev, og hvor Woldemar Nelsson fører myndigt an med kor og orkester i Bayreuther Festspiele, endda med selve Wolfgang Wagner som Artistic Supervision. Fin udgave fra 1986".

Read review

"Musically, this performance is on such a high level that, if released in an audio-only format, it wuold be among the best live recordings out there. Youn is a particular revelation, with bass qualities to establish the character's emotional weight but also effective baritonal colours".

"Musically, the show borders on remarkable ... Franz-Josef Selig's Daland is excellent ... Christian Thielemann's leadership is brilliant ... If this were CD only ... this would be a frontrunner, but the Regie approach, though not appalling, does not offer the same punch as the music does".

"Glogers Inszenierung ist komödiantischer und slapstickhafter, dadurch sogar genauer geworden ... Samuel Youn erwist sich vokal als zu hell und zu klein für den Auftrittsmonolog des Holländers, wärend er später akustisch wie darstellerisch zu punkten versteht ... grossartig raumfüllend, der Festspielchor unter Berhard Friedrich. Auch Christian Thielemann macht viel Dirigierfreude".

"As you'd expect from a Fura dels Baus show, there's an impressive scenic grandeur on display ... An undeniable intensity in Samuel Youn's exchanges with Ingela Brimberg's Senta, who fills out her phrases impressively ... Pablo Heras-Casado conducts a swift, efficient account of the score, played well enough by the Madrid orchestra, but doesn't really plumb the depths. Nor, ultimately, does the production. On its own terms, though, it's an impressive and engaging show".

"Det er billedmæssigt smukt, scenisk overbevisende og meget stærkt. Lisbeth Balslev er så intens, at det næsten virker skræmmende ... Salminen er lige så overbevisende som hende far ... Selvfølgelig spiller Bayreuth orkestret, så man føler sig hensat til en anden og bedre verden, og koret synger og agerer, så man tror på den besynderlige historie. Sådan skal opera være på dvd, synes jeg".

"It is brilliantly carried through, acted with immense conviction. The musical side is good, not outstanding".

"Editor's choice: It's a sure-fire bet that, in our age of 'deconstructed' stagings, two of the first items to disappear from view will be naturalistic scenery and representations of the supernatural ... Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov's first work at the Wagner Festival here comes alongside other strong local debuts from Ukrainian Oksana Lyniv - Bayreuth's first-ever woman conductor - and Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian. But there are no signs of the sea, ships or even sailors ... In an atmosphere much like a Nordic moir TV whodunit ... Grigorian's quite brilliantly acted Senta is a bolshy, sulky teenager ... Lyniv's conducting is superb in terms of pacing and tonal weight and balance ... The singing cast is almost uniformly excellent ... Grigorian and Zeppenfeld sing as fluently and fearlessly as they act".