Der fliegende Holländer, The Flying Dutchman ... It probably originates from 17th century nautical folklore. The oldest extant version dates to the late 18th century. Sightings in the 19th ...

No other opera provides a more accessible introduction to the heady musical dramas of Richard Wagner than his first mature composition, "The Flying Dutchman ... a 17th- or 18th-century sailing ...

“The Flying Dutchman” (“Der fliegende Holl nder ... Los Angeles Opera is presenting it the same way, posing a challenge to 21st century opera fans who can’t sit still that long.

There is also “The Flying Dutchman,” a musical folktale that is more like one of the free-wheeling, emotionally indulgent, 19th-century opera warhorses — think Verdi or Rossini — that ...