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Work: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

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ComposerWagner, Richard (1813-1883)
PeriodRomantic
Year1843
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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KasselDer fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Clemens Fieguth; Florian Lutz; Staatstheater Kassel; Sebastian Hannak; Mechthild Feuerstein; Orchester des Staatstheaters Kassel; Opernchor des Staatstheaters Kassel

StuttgartDer fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Nicholas Carter; Calixto Bieito; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Susanne Gschwender; Anna Eiermann; Reinhard Traub; Staatsorchester Stuttgart

MunichDer fliegende Holländer

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Daniele Rustioni; Peter Konwitschny; Bavarian State Opera; Johannes Leiacker; Michael Bauer; Bayerisches Staatsorchester
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Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham

Simon Bailey (Dutchman) and Rachel Nicholls (Senta) © Craig Fuller
This bracing performance of The Flying Dutchman is a powerful reminder of the extraordinary musical standards which are at risk in the face of WNO’s subsidy cuts. 
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Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut

The Flying Dutchman © Pablo Strong
Amid the rough winds of late May, Julia Burbach directs Opera Holland Park's first venture into Wagner – The Flying Dutchman
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Charting new waters: Flying Dutchman brings Wagner back to Ireland

Jordan Shanahan (Dutchman) © Patrick Redmond
Ireland’s first Wagner opera in over a decade dazzles with a captivating production by Rachael Hewer for Irish National Opera. 
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Richard Wagner in 1861 © Public domain
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10 facts about Der fliegende Holländer

The Flying Dutchman by Albert Pinkham Ryder c. 1887 (Smithsonian American Art Museum) © Public domain
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.