Der Fliegende Holländer: Performance History
First Performance:
2 January 1843,
Königlich Sächsisches Hoftheater, Dresden
Cast:
- Daland: Karl Risse
(also created roles of Cecco del Vecchio in Rienzi and
Reinmar von Zweter in Tannhäuser)
- Senta: Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient
(also created roles of Adriano in Rienzi and
Venus in Tannhäuser)
- Erik: Friedrich Traugott Reinhold
(also created role of Baroncelli in Rienzi)
- Mary: Therese Wächter
- Der Steuermann: Wenzel Bielezizky
- Der Holländer: Johann Michael Wächter
(also created roles of Paolo Orsini in Rienzi and
Biterolf in Tannhäuser)
- conductor: Richard Wagner
(also led premieres of Das Liebesverbot and Tannhäuser)
First known performance in:
- Latvia: 3 Jun 1843, Riga
- Switzerland: 25 Apr 1852, Zurich
- Czech Republic: 7 Sep 1856, Prague
- Austria: 2 Nov 1860, Vienna
- Netherlands: 30 Oct 1869, Rotterdam
- United Kingdom: 23 Jul 1870, London (Drury Lane)
[first Wagner opera performed in London]
- Sweden: 24 Jan 1872, Stockholm
- Belgium: 6 Apr 1872, Brussels
- Hungary: 10 May 1873, Budapest
- United States: 8 Nov 1876, Philadelphia
- Scotland: Feb 1877, Edinburgh
- Ireland: 9 Aug 1877, Dublin
- Italy: 20 Nov 1877, Bologna
- Denmark: 7 Sep 1884, Copenhagen
- Spain: 12 Dec 1885, Barcelona
- Argentina: 9 Aug 1887, Buenos Aires
- Mexico: 3 Apr 1891, Mexico
- Estonia: 9 Dec 1892, Tallinn
- France: 28 Jan 1893, Lille
- Portugal: Mar 1893, Lisbon
- Russia: 18 Feb 1894, Moscow
- Canada: 3 Apr 1895, Montreal [concert]
- Croatia: 28 Mar 1896, Zagreb
- Slovenia: 27 Jan 1900, Ljubljana
- Finland: 26 May 1900, Helsinki
- Norway: 9 May 1901, Oslo
- Belarus: 7 Feb 1902, Lvov
- Romania: 2 Oct 1922, Bucharest
- Serbia: 6 Nov 1923, Belgrade
- Bulgaria: 10 Feb 1930, Sofia
First performance at:
- Bayreuth Festspielhaus: 22 Jul 1901 [last opera to enter the repertoire]
- Metropolitan Opera: 27 Nov 1889
(91 performances in 16 seasons through 1975-76)
- San Francisco Opera: 5 Oct 1954
(36 performances in 6 seasons through 2007-08, most recently 1 Dec 2004)
19 Mar 2008