Der Fliegende Hollander/The Flying Dutchman

Der fliegender Hollander is the first of Wagner's operas considered to be representative of his mature style. Originally taken from a story by the poet Heinrich Heine, it embodies one of the major themes that recur throughout Wagner's work, that of a central character seeking redemption through a loving woman. Wagner here extended and enriched his musical and dramaturgical language to produce an opera of extraordinary power.