Location: Staatstheater Kassel (Interimsspielstätte), DE
In the vastness of the interim beats the dark heart of German Romanticism. The Dutchman wanders aimlessly on the ocean of the global market, accumulating abstract wealth. The boundless compulsion to increase his wealth appears to him as a curse, condemning him to eternal restlessness. Only the compensatory counter-model of eternal fidelity promises the Dutchman salvation from competition, and so he finds his last hope in the bourgeois ideal of love. The businessman Daland entices him with his daughter Senta, who also dreams of unconditional love and is desperately searching for a higher purpose in life. A deal is a deal in the age of tech billionaires, and so the transaction is quickly concluded, even though Senta doesn't actually want to be harnessed to the spinning wheel. And then there's Erik, who also lays claim to Senta. Between different lifestyles, Senta's ideal image soon proves to be an empty abstraction…
Many a worldview is shaken when Wagner's mighty sonic storms, under the musical direction of our new First Kapellmeister and Deputy General Music Director Clemens Fieguth, sweep through the Interim. At the eye of the storm lies Wagner's central theme: the sacrifice of the individual for the greater good. For The Flying Dutchman, directors Marlene Pawlak and Florian Lutz transform the Interim into a small-town microcosm where the hardships of social conditions are laid bare.
Language: Sung in German with projected German titles
Running Time: 3 hours including 1 intermission
Location: Ljuba-Senderowna-Str. 10, 34121 Kassel, Germany
Music by: Richard Wagner
Shows will be on the following days:
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7p
Sunday, September 24, 2026, 7p
Sunday, October 4, 2026, 6p
Friday, October 9, 2026, 7p
Sunday, October 11, 2026, 7p
Saturday, October 31, 2026, 7p
Friday, November 6, 2026, 7p
Sunday, November 15, 2026, 7p
Sunday, November 29, 2026, 7p
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, 7p
Sunday, December 27, 2026, 6p
Friday, February 5, 2027, 7p
Sunday, February 16, 2027, 7p
Adia will play Senta for the entire run of the show.
Purchase tickets here.