Opera heard in his earlier operas such as "Der fliegende Holländer", "Tannhäuser" and "Lohengrin"; and he was prepared to violate accepted musical conventions, such as tonality, in his quest for greater expressivity. In his mature music dramas, "Tristan und Isolde", "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg", "Der Ring des Nibelungen" and "Parsifal", he abolished the distinction between aria and recitative in favour of a seamless flow of "endless melody". Wagner also brought a new philosophical dimension to opera in his works, which were usually based on stories from Germanic or Arthurian legend. Finally, Wagner built his own opera house at Bayreuth with part
The Flying Dutchman (opera) Dutchman are seen ascending to heaven. Notes Footnotes The Flying Dutchman (opera) The Flying Dutchman (German: ), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner. Wagner claimed in his 1870 autobiography "Mein Leben" that he had been inspired to write the opera following a stormy sea crossing he made from Riga to London in July and August 1839. In his 1843 "Autobiographic Sketch", Wagner acknowledged he had taken the story from Heinrich Heine's retelling of the legend in his 1833 satirical novel "The Memoirs of Mister von Schnabelewopski" ("Aus den Memoiren des Herrn von Schnabelewopski").