De Kooning was born in Rotterdam in 1904. As a youth he studied for eight years at a conservative academy of art, where the ...

Based on the legend that inspired Wagner’s “Flying Dutchman,” “Pandora ... a dourly enigmatic Dutchman (James Mason), painting her portrait. An arrogant matador (Mario Cabré, a former ...

Mr. Girard’s acclaimed Met staging of Wagner’s “Parsifal” will be followed by “The Flying Dutchman” and ... of taking place within Senta’s painting, or perhaps even within her ...

Jonathan Kaufman, shown in a recent dress rehearsal, plays the Helmsman in Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra's semi-staged production of "The Flying ... Dutchman’s chest of jewels or the painting ...

The Flying Dutchman at Bayreuth Festival Credit ... her bright red dress apart from her cardboard toys splashed with red paint. This simple world contrasts with the hugely elaborate set at ...

She's in Daland's house, spinning wool with her friends, and she sings them the ballad of the Flying Dutchman. Finishing the story, she stares at a painting of the Dutchman, and says she will be ...

Daland’s daughter Senta, betrothed to Erik, is shocked to recognise the Dutchman from an ancient painting acquired by her grandmother. Their love is instant, but will it be strong enough to lift the ...