The Dutchman returns to Covent Garden
"How satisfying it is to attend an opera and find a ‘discovery’ in the cast. Here, it was the Steersman (Steuermann) of American-Finnish tenor Miles Mykkanen (who has this season debuted at San Francisco as the Groom in the North American premiere of Saariaho’s Innocence). Here is a singer of vast power and lyricism, who convinced us that the Steersman is really a vital cog in the…