The Flying Dutchman: Presented by the Canadian Opera Company

The Dutchman is a legendary figure, condemned to sail the seas without release. Every seven years he may come ashore for a day, and if on that day he can find a woman who will vow to love him until death, the curse will be broken. Senta is bewitched by a portrait of this mythical seaman, with whom she feels her own destiny is linked; this belief is put to the test when the mysterious and enigmatic man finally appears before her. This search for redemption through love?a theme Richard Wagner was to revisit many times?is set to some of his most gloriously romantic music.