Stefan Bischoff

Aboard a ship, back when terrible pirates roamed the seven seas, a child, Mo, grows up with a crew of ragtag seadogs and the ship’s pet… goat. Having grown up into a brave girl, Mo must wrestle with her father’s career of piracy and overcome trials as she seeks to understand the enigma of her origin. Captured by the evil pirate Peg-Leg Olle, Mo bumps into cabin boy Hannes. Together with him, Claas and his motley crew, brave Mo will have to defeat Olle and find the Blood Red Blood Ruby of Doom, to restore peace and harmony to the land. Pirate Mo is a swashbuckling adventure full of heart, guts, and hope for a better world, led by a young girl whose goodness is matched only by her derring-do.

A captain is cursed to sail the seas of the world forever, only allowed to make landfall once every seven years. Will he find the love of a faithful woman to break the curse? Richard Wagner came across the legend of The Flying Dutchman in 1838 through Heinrich Heine’s From the Memoirs of Herr von Schnabelewopski. After a stormy voyage from Riga to London – Wagner was again on the run from creditors – he chose the material for his next opera and began to compose it, with the unpredictable power of the sea still fresh on his face. Against the backdrop of this wild nature, Wagner exposes in Holländer his utopia of a love that transcends, offered as an antidote to the 19th century zeitgeist of pounding industrialisation and economic growth. Roger Vontobel’s new production from Mannheim is streamed live on the opening night and audiences around the world can share in some of the most rousing music written in opera.