Event listing: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman) | Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium | Thu 3 Apr 2014 at 19:00

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10 facts about Der fliegende Holländer

Danny Riley, 9th March

Der fliegende Holländer is a great entry point for those looking for a way into Wagner’s operatic oeuvre. Here, we run down the need-to-knows about this early masterwork.

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A fine Dutchman in Budapest

David Karlin, 3rd April

Hungary is a landlocked country. In fact, Budapest is an awfully long way from the sea in all directions. So it’s not the first place you’d expect to come for a production of Wagner’sFlying Dutchman that is gloriously redolent of the sea, both in staging and in the orchestral performance. But that’s what we got last night at the Hungarian State Opera.

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