Restless, uprooted, searching for a void that no one can fill: Richard Wagner's powerful music invites us to analytically question the driven characters of his opera. In the new production, director Martin G. Berger focuses on the mysterious past of Senta, her father Daland and the Dutchman. Using retrospection and memory, the production delves deep into the story. Layer by layer, it reveals the patriarchal structures that overshadow the relationship between father and daughter and from which the grown-up Senta, now her own redeemer, tries to fight her way out. Alexandre Corazzola's stage design shows the surface of an idyllic family home and is transformed into a psychological space with the videos by Vincent Stefan.

The Flying Dutchman: Richard Wagner

Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden

Richard Wagner wrote Die Walküre as the second of four parts of the powerful musical theatre epic, Der Ring des Nibelungen, which is based on the Medieval Nibelungenlied and old Norse god sagas. Wotan, the highest god, has fathered twins with a mortal woman – Siegmund and Sieglinde. These two in turn have a child, in which Wotan sees his dominion consolidated. His wife Fricka defies his plans and, as protector of the traditional marriage rites, demands Siegmund’s death. Wotan reluctantly agrees, although it will cause a split with his favourite daughter.

Dorothea Herbert

Events

Upcoming events

Jun 25 - Jul 8, 2026

Die Walküre · Bayerische Staatsoper

Past events

Jan 19 - May 11, 2025

The Flying Dutchman: Richard Wagner · Staatstheater Wiesbaden

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Helmwige in Die Walküre by Wagner

Bayerische Staatsoper

Senta in The Flying Dutchman by Wagner

Staatstheater Wiesbaden

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