Project Gutenberg 2009-01-11 Public domain in the USA. 111 Wagner, Richard 1813 1883 Wagner, Wilhelm Richard Wagner, R. (Richard) Drach, Wilhelm Der Fliegende Hollaender The Flying Dutchman Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Louise Hope, Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Der Fliegende Hollaender" by Richard Wagner is a romantic opera in three acts, written during the mid-to-late 19th century. The opera explores themes of love, redemption, and the supernatural. It follows the story of the tormented sailor known as the Flying Dutchman, who is cursed to wander the seas until a woman shows true fidelity to him. The narrative begins with the Norwegian captain Daland encountering the ghostly ship of the Flying Dutchman during a storm at sea. The Dutchman, seeking a wife to free him from his curse, strikes a bargain with Daland, who offers him his daughter Senta in exchange for treasures. Senta, obsessed with the legend of the Dutchman, vows to remain true to him. Despite the warnings of her lover Erik and the chaos that ensues, Senta ultimately chooses to embrace her destiny with the Dutchman, demonstrating her unwavering love by sacrificing herself to save him from his eternal damnation. The opera culminates in a tragic yet redemptive conclusion, as Senta's loyalty breaks the curse, allowing both her and the Dutchman to find peace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Operas -- Librettos ML Text Opera Browsing: Music Browsing: Performing Arts/Film 84602 84042 2024-10-12T05:31:41.652069 2023-09-12T08:57:34.906569 text/html text/html 81032 2021-01-04T15:45:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 27338 2021-01-04T15:45:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 96403 2024-10-12T05:31:47.023984 application/epub+zip 95930 2024-10-12T05:31:43.633986 application/epub+zip 94430 2024-10-12T05:31:42.397997 application/epub+zip 205914 2024-10-12T05:31:49.125967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 191643 2024-10-12T05:31:46.252974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154223 2022-09-13T04:45:22.133575 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59998 59895 2024-10-12T05:31:40.948000 2023-09-12T08:57:34.326575 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 59491 2021-01-04T15:45:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 22708 2021-01-04T15:45:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19795 2024-10-12T05:31:49.257951 application/rdf+xml 12548 2024-10-12T05:31:42.939983 image/jpeg 3720 2024-10-12T05:31:42.666986 image/jpeg 92446 2024-10-12T05:31:41.665005 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia