EditorialThe conductor Thomas Guggeis rehearses at the Metropolitan Opera, where he will make his North American debut conducting Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holl?nder,” in New York, May 12, 2023. (Ava Pellor/The New York Times)
EditorialEvgeny Nikitin, far right, as the Dutchman in Fran?ois Girard’s new production of Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holl?nder” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York on Feb. 28, 2020. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)
EditorialThe bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin during rehearsal for Wagner’s “Der Fliegende Holl?nder” (“The Flying Dutchman”) at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Feb. 20, 2020. (Julieta Cervantes/The New York Times)