Curtis Brown
The babyfaced bass-baritone has an exciting summer planned: Amfortas in Frankfurt (directed by Brigitte Fassbaender!) later this month, followed by Wotan in Das Rheingold in Munich and Donner in the same opera at Bayreuth during the summer.
This amuse-bouche du jour features Brownlee in a rare and recent stateside appearance: as the Dutchman in The Santa Fe Opera’s 2023 Der fliegende Holländer. Chicago audiences can look forward to seeing Brownlee’s next scheduled U.S. performances when he sings Jochanaan in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s upcoming Salome in January.
Dutchman is, of course, on the mind at parterre box this week as Christian Ocier reviews the latest recording from Decca featuring Gerald Finley and Lise Davidsen.
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer, “Die Frist ist um”
Nicholas Brownlee
Thomas Guggeis, conductor
The Santa Fe Opera
Santa Fe, New Mexico
7 August 2023
Broadcast
Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads an epic Wagner opera concert
Yannick leads The Philadelphia Orchestra, superstars Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, and world-class singers in a rare concert performance that reveals every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score. Experience the passion and cold-hearted revenge of this scandalous opera. Get tickets now!
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