Wagner's The Flying Dutchman in a new English version by Glyn Maxwell. Based on an original concept by Lucy Bradley and commissioned by Opera Up Close in partnership with Manchester Camerata.

A haunting political tale exploring the psychology and realities of living on an island with hardening borders, The Flying Dutchman is a bold reimagination of this epic fable.

'Engaland Rules the Wave

Thousands of miles, one grave' – English sailors

‘Oh, is there light up ahead

is there God

is there good

is there you?’ – Starlight’s aria

'Your Wave will come, O City by the sea

But when it dies on the cold and lonely shore

What you have made is lying in the shallows -

The face is familiar, don’t you think?' – The Mariner