Word: senta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ponnelle's production of The Flying Dutchman, the tale of a legendary captain condemned to sail forever unless he is able to find a woman faithful until death. Every seven years he in a can come ashore to search for her, and in Norweigian fishing village he finds Senta, a girl obessed by fantasy who believes that she is his redemptress. It is a straightforward story, but Ponnelle has turned it all into the lurid dream of a young steersman. This allows him to dress Senta in an elaborate richly embroidered bridal gown and to make the opera into...
...this new version a fresh view or just mischief making? Ponnelle did not choose the framework of a dream gratuitously. Senta's reveries verge on hallucination. Other characters sing of their dreams. By eliminating intermission breaks Ponnelle keeps his own vision flying. He also makes a point: it was time for the Met to present an example of the most exciting, if divisive, opera productions now being staged...
...helluva soldier (James Coburn), the gutless captain who schemes to ride to glory on the bravery of others (Maximilian Schell), the worldly colonel who copes philosophically with futility up and down the ranks (James Mason). There is also a side excursion to a military hospital with a comely nurse (Senta Berger) whose ministrations include hopping into bed with her patient...