In the 2025 season, Oper im Steinbruch will present ‘The Flying Dutchman’, a work by Richard Wagner, for the first time. In their production of the story about an enchanted sailor, Viennese director Philipp M. Krenn and set designer Momme Hinrichs will transform the quarry into a surging, whipping sea complete with ghost ship.
The captain's daughter Senta fantasises in melancholy daydreams about the eerie figure of a sailor condemned to eternal life, who is only allowed to go ashore every seven years in order to win the love of a woman. Such love and unwavering loyalty until death alone can redeem the undead from his curse.
No composer before Richard Wagner has set the roaring of the whipped-up sea to music so thrillingly, no one has been able to give the horror of a ghost ship such a vivid sound. With a playing time of less than two and a half hours, the first ever production of a work by Richard Wagner at the ‘Opera in the Quarry’ promises to be a fascinating summer experience, with the rugged rocky landscape of the St. Margarethen quarry once again becoming the ideal backdrop for a thrilling opera performance.
