ENO's new Flying Dutchman: 'It will be a white-knuckle ride'

Director Jonathan Kent and conductor Edward Gardner talk about their first tussle with Wagner in ENO's new production of The Flying DutchmanTom Service: This, for both of you, is your first professional Wagner production. Is it a good place for Wagner-virgins in the audience to start?Jonathan Kent: On the simplest level, it's a fable – the story of the ghostly Dutchman and how Senta dies for her love for him. Surprisingly, there's actually quite a small opera encased in all this vast music, be...

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