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| Composer | Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1843 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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StuttgartDer fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Nicholas Carter; Calixto Bieito; Staatsoper Stuttgart; Susanne Gschwender; Anna Eiermann; Reinhard Traub; Staatsorchester Stuttgart
BerlinDer fliegende HolländerNew production
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Giedrė Šlekytė; Milo Rau; Deutsche Oper Berlin; Anton Lukas; Silvie Naunheim; Jürgen Kolb; Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
AmsterdamDer fliegende HolländerNew production
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Susanna Mälkki; Lotte de Beer; Dutch National Opera; Christof Hetzer; Alex Brok; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
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Philipp Stölzl’s inspired Der fliegende Holländer docks in Vienna
Through the Looking-Glass and What Senta Found There: Philipp Stözl’s Flying Dutchman arrives at MusikTheater an der Wien featuring a terrific cast led by Ambur Braid and Jordan Shanahan.
Welsh National Opera’s Dutchman docks in Birmingham
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.
Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut
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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