by Richard Wagner starring
BBC2 presents a second showing of this highly-praised production of Wagner's epic opera, performed without any intervals as he intended, in an English version by Peter Butler and Brian Large
The Ambrosian Opera Chorus chorus-master John McCarthy
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra leader Erich Gruenberg conducted by David Lloyd-Jones associate conductor Anthony Hose
The Flying Dutchman is about a woman's self-sacrifice and a man's redemption through love.
Cursed by the Devil to sail the seas for eternity, the Dutchman comes ashore every seven years to seek a woman who will be faithful to him unto death. He meets Daland and discovers he has a daughter Senta, whom he proposes to marry...
One hundred and forty minutes of non-stop excitement. (EVENING NEWS) ... the artistic event of the tv season. (THE GUARDIAN)...triumphant. (DAILY TELEGRAPH)