
01/01/1989
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.

Franz Grundheber
as The Dutchman

Matti Salminen
as Daland

Raimo Sirikiä
as Erik

Anita Välkki
as Mary

Jorma Silvasti
as Steersman

Hildegard Behrens
as Senta
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