The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris

Quebecker Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who has conducted orchestras in Philadelphia, Montreal and Rotterdam, will be conducting Le Vaisseau fantôme (The Flying Dutchman), a story of love and death performed by an unbridled orchestra and powerful singers. A youthful masterpiece by composer Richard Wagner, who went on to revolutionize opera.