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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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Saffron WaldenDer fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)Concert performance

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Michael Thorne; Elaine McKrill; Saffron Opera Group; Saffron Opera Group Orchestra; Saffron Opera Group Chorus; Simon Thorpe; Mari Wyn Williams

Santa Cruz de TenerifeEl holandés errante

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Guillermo García Calvo; Marcelo Lombardero; Ópera de Tenerife; Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife; Coro Titular Ópera de Tenerife-Intermezzo; Luis Cansino; Vazgen Gazaryan

CardiffThe Flying DutchmanNew production

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Tomáš Hanus; Jack Furness; Welsh National Opera; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera; Elin Steele
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Doomed Dutchman wants a wife: Wagner makes Opera Holland Park debut

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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

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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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Opera North’s “fleeing” Dutchman links to plight of asylum seekers

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Opera North’s The Flying Dutchman, directed by Annabel Arden, conjures up frightening storms and links the production to the plight of asylum seekers. 
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DublinThe Flying Dutchman

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Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
Fergus Sheil; Rachael Hewer; Irish National Opera; Francis O'Connor; Howard Hudson; Irish National Opera Orchestra
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Bachtrack top ten: Richard Wagner

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Drawing on the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), Wagner is best remembered for his extraordinary music dramas, not least the monumental, 15-hour Ring cycle.

10 facts about Der fliegende Holländer

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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.