Der fliegende Holländer

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Der fliegende Holländer is a German Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that tells the legend of a cursed ghost ship and its doomed captain, seeking redemption through true love.

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instanceOf German-language opera
Romantic opera
opera
basedOn legend of the Flying Dutchman
catalogueNumber WWV 63
character Daland
Erik
Mary
Senta
Steersman
the Dutchman
composer Richard Wagner
countryOfOrigin Germany
firstPerformanceCity Dresden
firstPerformanceDate 1843-01-02
firstPerformancePlace Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
surface form: Königliches Hoftheater Dresden
followedBy Tannhäuser
genre Romanticism
hasTitleInEnglish Der fliegende Holländer self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Flying Dutchman
hasTitleInFrench The Ghost Ship
surface form: Le Vaisseau fantôme
influencedBy Heinrich Heine’s “Aus den Memoiren des Herren von Schnabelewopski”
inOperaRepertoire standard repertoire
language German
librettist Richard Wagner
notableAria Senta’s Ballad
notableFeature continuous musical texture
use of leitmotifs
notableMotif storm motif
orchestration full Romantic orchestra
partOf Richard Wagner
surface form: Wagner operas
performancePractice often performed without intermission
periodOfComposition 1841
precededBy Rienzi
premiereConductor Richard Wagner
publisher C. F. Peters
revised 1846
setting Norwegian coast
sea
structure three acts
subject cursed ghost ship
doomed sea captain
theme eternal damnation
redemption
sacrifice
true love
timePeriod 19th century
vocalForces mixed chorus
orchestra
solo voices

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Richard Wagner notableWork Der fliegende Holländer
Richard Wagner composerOf Der fliegende Holländer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure featuresElement Der fliegende Holländer
this entity surface form: the Flying Dutchman
Tannhäuser precededBy Der fliegende Holländer
Der fliegende Holländer hasTitleInEnglish Der fliegende Holländer self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Flying Dutchman
Cutler Beckett controls Der fliegende Holländer
this entity surface form: the Flying Dutchman