The Flying Dutchman

The story

lkka Backman's celebrated rendition of Wagner's opera tells the story of The Flying Dutchman, a skipper who's been banished to sea for all eternity. Staged in a large outdoor courtyard inside Finland's Olavinlinna Castle, the production features German singer Franz Grundheber in the title role and Finnish opera singer Matti Salminen as Daland, a Norwegian sea captain whose daughter Senta (Hildegard Behrens) is the love of the Dutchman's life.

Cast & crew

Franz Grundheber

Franz GrundheberThe Dutchman

Matti SalminenDaland

Raimo Sirikiä

Raimo SirikiäErik

Anita Välkki

Anita VälkkiMary

Jorma SilvastiSteersman

Hildegard BehrensSenta