A man doomed to sail the seas for all eternity unless he finds true love, and a woman determined to save him.

Forced by a terrible storm to anchor his ship in an unfamiliar bay, Captain Daland instructs his Steersman to keep watch, but he falls asleep at his post. A strange ship moors alongside, and its captain, the Flying Dutchman of seafaring legend, comes ashore. He is a cursed man, doomed to sail the seas forever, unless he finds a woman who will be ‘faithful unto death’. Longing for salvation, every seven years he comes to port in search of such a woman. Daland returns and hails the Dutchman, who asks Daland’s hospitality in return for generous payment.

Praised in The Independent as ‘an immersive and immersing experience’, Tim Albery’s brooding and atmospheric production situates the action in a modern coastal town. Henrik Nánási conducts Wagner’s first undisputed masterpiece, featuring Elisabet Strid as Senta, in her House debut, while Bryn Terfel returns as a memorable Dutchman ‘whose soul goes fathoms deep’ (Financial Times).