The Flying Dutchman - ashore for one weekend only!

The legend of a ghostly ship and a cursed sea captain doomed to wander the ocean for all of eternity, in search of true love – his only chance of redemption. A beautiful young heroine, desperate to escape her restricting world, brings salvation when she abandons her life to prove her love for the captain.

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The Flying Dutchman: Director's Notes

Redemption from what? Salvation by what? 
Thoughts on Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman
by Joachim Schamberger

Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman is one of the most dramatically exciting pieces in all of opera. The story of the cursed sailor who is doomed to sail the seas for all eternity in a ghost ship, and the young woman who sacrifices herself for his redemption has fascinated opera-goers for generations.

The idea of a woman sacrificing herself to redeem a man from guilt or a curse is a recurring theme in Wagner’s work. But what does that mean? Is it just a romantically idealized view of female purity?

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The Flying Dutchman, 2013
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