Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

The Flying Dutchman docks at Lyric for five performances only, through October 7.

By: Sep. 24, 2023

Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 69th Season has set sail with Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, September 23 to October 7, 2023. More than 160 musical and dramatic artists bring this riveting odyssey to life on Chicago’s biggest stage.

Check out production photos below!

In his third season as Lyric’s Music Director, Enrique Mazzola leads the Lyric Opera Orchestra through a series of momentous "firsts." This season opener, which features a 72-piece orchestra, will mark Mazzola’s first time conducting Wagner at Lyric. [Other milestones in the season include his first contemporary work at Lyric (Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer’s Champion), his first-ever production of Aida, and his first Mozart at Lyric, the Requiem.]

The Flying Dutchman stars returning favorites Tomasz Konieczny as the Dutchman, Tamara Wilson as Senta, and Mika Kares as Daland, as well as Robert Watson as Erik and Melody Wilson as Mary, both in their Lyric debuts. The 85-member Lyric Opera Chorus adds a staggering impact to this haunting story.

The theatrically spellbinding production of director Christopher Alden creates the illusion of a haunted ship battling raging waters and captures all the drama of the high seas suffused into Wagner’s haunting score.

The performance on Sunday, October 1 marks the launch of a new Lyric accessibility initiative — the SoundShirt — a pilot program that allows all audience members, but particularly those who are deaf or hard of hearing, to experience live opera enhanced by real-time vibrations. Lyric is the first opera company in the world to offer this innovation at its live performances.

The Flying Dutchman docks at Lyric for five performances only, through October 7. Audiences are invited to experience this operatic classic on a musical and theatrical scale only Lyric Opera of Chicago can offer.

Photo Credit: Todd Rosenberg

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Company of Lyric Opera Chicago's The Flying Dutchman

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny, Ryan Capozzo, and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Ryan Capozzo, Mika Kares, and Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Mika Kares and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny, Mika Kares, and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson, Melody Wilson, and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Melody Wilson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Melody Wilson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Melody Wilson and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Robert Watson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Robert Watson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Mika Kares

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson and Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Company of Lyric Opera Chicago's The Flying Dutchman

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Company of Lyric Opera Chicago's The Flying Dutchman

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Company of Lyric Opera Chicago's The Flying Dutchman

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Ryan Capozzo and Tomasz Konieczny, and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Ryan Capozzo and Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Mika Kares, and Melody Wilson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny, Tamara Wilson, Mika Kares, and Melody Wilson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny and Tamara Wilson

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny, Mika Kares, and Ryan Capozzo

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tamara Wilson, Melody Wilson, and Company

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Tomasz Konieczny

Photos: First Look at Chicago Lyric Opera's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
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