The composer had initially sold the libretto of this work to the Paris Opera, which had Pierre Dietsch write the music and staged it.
The composer had initially sold the libretto of this work to the Paris Opera, which had Pierre Dietsch write the music and staged it. Act II of this opera contains the Spinning Chorus, to which a young girl responds with a ballad about the title character. That young girl had been the lover of Erik, but her father had promised her marriage to the title character. True to her nature Senta, the daughter of Daland, remains faithful to the title character, who had only been able to return to shore every seven years. FTP, name this Wagner opera based on an old sailing legend.
The composer had initially sold the libretto of this work to the Paris Opera, which had Pierre Dietsch write the music and staged it.
The {Flying Dutchman} or Der {Fliegende Hollander}