Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_fliegende_Holl%C3%A4nder Release date is 2008-10-18
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"Le Vaisseau fantôme (Der Fliegende Holländer)" by Richard Wagner is an opera composed in 1841 and premiered in 1843. A ghostly captain is condemned to sail the seas eternally until redeemed by a woman's love. Inspired by Heinrich Heine's retelling of a maritime legend, Wagner encountered the story during a harrowing sea voyage through a Norwegian fjord. The opera marks a transition in Wagner's style, introducing themes of wandering, sacrifice, and redemption that would define his later works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)