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CHAN 3119 BOOK.qxd 20/9/06 12:00 pm Page 14Scene 25Under the supervision of Daland’shousekeeper, Mary, the women work inDaland’s house while the men are at seaCOMPACT DISC TWO1Senta is preoccupied by the legendaryDutchman and relates his story to hercompanions; she announces herself as the onewhose love will redeem him.There has been an understanding that Sentais to marry the huntsman Erik, her childhoodsweetheart.2Erik appears, deeply troubledby Senta’s obsession with the legend of theDutchman; he tells her about a dream he hadin which he saw Daland return homeaccompanied by the Dutchman, followingwhich she left across the sea with him. Thisserves only to intensify her preoccupation andErik departs in despair.3 – 4Daland arrives with the Dutchman,whom Senta at once recognises.5 – 6Leftalone together, Senta reveals that in herself theDutchman has found the salvation he hassought for so long.Scene 37While Daland’s crew celebrate their safehomecoming, the Dutchman’s crew remainsilent and even refuse offers of food and drink.The Norwegians become uneasy at the silenceof the other crew. When they finally dorespond, it is with an other-worldly songwhich sends the Norwegians fleeing in terror.8 – 9Erik pleads with Senta to honourtheir childhood promises.10The Dutchmanoverhears their exchange and, despite Senta’sassurances, he believes himself to be betrayed,his only hope of redemption lost. He makes toreturn to his ship, and as the Dutchman setssail, Senta sacrifices herself. The Dutchman isthus redeemed.John Tomlinson wasborn in Lancashire.He gained a degree inCivil Engineering atManchester Universitybefore winning ascholarship to theRoyal ManchesterCollege of Music (nowthe Royal NorthernCollege of Music).John Tomlinson has sung regularly withEnglish National Opera since 1974, and withthe Royal Opera, Covent Garden, since 1977,and has also appeared with Opera North,Scottish Opera, Glyndebourne Festival andTouring Operas and Kent Opera. He has sungat the Bayreuth Festival every year since 1988,where he has been heard as Wotan (DasRhinegold and Die Walküre), the Wanderer(Siegfried), Titurel and Gurnemanz (Parsifal ),Mark (Tristan und Isolde), Heinrich(Lohengrin) and Hagen (Götterdämmerung).Foreign engagements include Geneva,Lisbon, New York, Chicago, San Francisco,San Diego, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin(Deutsche Oper and Deutsche Staatsoper),Dresden, Munich and Vienna, and theFestivals of Orange, Aix-en-Provence,Salzburg, Edinburgh and the MaggioMusicale, Florence. His repertoire furtherincludes Hans Sachs (Die Meistersinger vonNürnberg), Landgraf (Tannhäuser), the titlerole in Der fliegende Holländer (The FlyingDutchman), Baron Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier),Orestes (Elektra), Moses (Moses und Aron),Green Knight in the world premiere ofHarrison Birtwistle’s Gawain and the GreenKnight, Rocco (Fidelio), King Philip (DonCarlos), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte),Commendatore (Don Giovanni), the four rolesof Lindorf, Coppelius, Dr Miracle andDapertutto in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Golaudand Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), Boromeo(Palestrina), Dosifey (Kovanshchina) and titleroles in Boris Godunov, Oberto and Attila.John Tomlinson has a large concertrepertoire and has sung with all the leadingBritish orchestras and in Germany, Italy,Belgium, Holland, France, Spain, Denmarkand the U.S.A. His many recordings include,Donizetti’s Gabriella di Vergy for Opera Rara,and for Chandos’ Opera in English series,Julius Caesar, Mary Stuart, Rigoletto, Werther,discs of highlights from Boris Godunov andDer Rosenkavalier, and two discs of GreatOperatic Arias.John Tomlinson was awarded a CBE in the1997 New Year’s Honours list.Born in Stockholm,Nina Stemme studiedviola at the AdolfFredrik School ofMusic. Whilstpersuing studies inbusinessadministration andeconomics inStockholm she alsotook a course at the Stockholm Opera Studioand completed her vocal studies at the1415
CHAN 3119 BOOK.qxd 20/9/06 12:00 pm Page 16National College of Opera in Stockholm. Shehas been a finalist of the Cardiff Singer of theWorld and winner of the Placido DomingoCompetitions.In 1995 she joined the Cologne Operawhere roles included Pamina (Die Zauberflöte),the Countess (Le nozze di Figaro), Mimì (LaBohème) and Agathe (Der Freischütz). She hasmade guest appearances at De Vlaamse Operaas Elisabeth (Tannhäuser); in Hamburg asFreia and Gutrune in Wagner’s Ring cycle; inGöteborg as Tosca; in Dresden as the Countess(Le nozze di Figaro); Katerina (Greek Passion)at the Bregenz Festival; as Sister Angelica(Il trittico) in Cologne as well as in the role ofElsa (Lohengrin) in Basel.Other highlights include Senta at theMetropolitan Opera, the Wiener Staatsoperand at the Vlaamse Opera; Marguerite (Faust)and Elisabeth (Tannhäuser) at the SavonlinnaFestival; Manon Lescaut at English NationalOpera; Tatjana (Eugene Onegin) at La Monnaiein Brussels; Katerina (Lady Macbeth of Mzensk)at the Geneva Opera; Sieglinde (Die Walküre)in Cologne, Nyssia (König Kandaules) at theSalzburg Festival; Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) atthe Glyndebourne Festival and the RoyalOpera in Stockholm; the Marschallin(Der Rosenkavalier) at the Göteborg Opera,and Marie (Wozzeck) at the Opéra National deLyon .Concert appearances include Beethoven’sNinth Symphony, Strauss’ Four Last Songs, andthe final scene from Strauss’ Capriccio, withconductors such as Roberto Abbado andAntonio Pappano.Illinois-born bass EricHalfvarson singsregularly with theworld’s mostprestigious operacompanies andsymphony orchestras.His formidableinterpretations of suchvaried and demandingroles such as Baron Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier),Hagen (Götterdämmerung), Claggart (BillyBudd ), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), King Philipand the Inquisitor (Don Carlos), Heinrich(Lohengrin), Hunding (Die Walküre) andMephistopheles (Faust) have been seen withsuch companies as the Opéra de Paris-Bastille,the Bayreuth Festival, The Royal Opera, theMetropolitan Opera in New York, Lyric Operaof Chicago, the Canadian Opera, La Fenice inVenice, Teatro Liceu in Barcelona, theBavarian State Opera in Munich, the ViennaStaatsoper, and the Teatro Colón in BuenosAires, as well as the opera companies of SanFrancisco, Dallas, Houston, Santa Fe andWashington.He has appeared in concert with theChicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony,St Louis Symphony, National Symphony,Houston Symphony, Boston Symphony, theMinnesota Orchestra, the LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra, the Halle Orchestra,at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and theEdinburgh Festival, as well as with orchestrasin Paris, Seville and Valencia.Eric Halfvarson’s recordings include DonCarlos, Billy Budd, Shostakovich’s Rayok, andBarber’s Antony and Cleopatra.Dublin-born PatriciaBardon studied withDr Veronica Dunne atthe College of Music,and came toprominence as theyoungest ever prizewinnerin the CardiffSinger of the WorldCompetition. Sincethen, she has becomeestablished as a leading international operaticand concert artist.Her many operatic appearances include thetitle role in Tancredi and Arsace (Semiramide)at La Fenice in Venice; the title role in Carmenat the Hamburg Staatsoper, Welsh NationalOpera and Scottish Opera; the title role inLa Cenerentola at La Monnaie and Lausanne;the title role in Orlando in New York, Paris,Lyon, and Antwerp; Penelope (Il ritornod’Ulisse in patria) at the Maggio Musicale andin Athens; Cornelia (Giulio Caesare) andAmastris (Serse) at the Munich Staatsoper,Dresden and Montpellier; Anna (Les Troyens)at the Maggio Musicale; Smeton (AnnaBolena) in San Francisco; the title role inTamerlano in Beaune; Ursule (Beatrice andBenedict) in Amsterdam and for WelshNational Opera; Ruggiero (Alcina) inMontpellier; Bradamante (Alcina) inDrottningholm; Rosmira (Partenope) withChicago Lyric Opera; roles in Guillaume Tell,Mosè in Egitto, Rigoletto, Mephistofele, andLa fanciulla del West at The Royal Opera, aswell as numerous roles for Opera North,Welsh National Opera, and Glyndebourne.Patricia Bardon has an extensive and diverseconcert repertoire working with many of themajor orchestras in venues such as the Lincoln1617
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