What is your favourite Wagner opera and why

It changes for me currently it must be The Flying Dutchman.

The ghostly sea captain finds redemption by the love of a young maiden, who throws herself in the sea.

But it does not happen in reality.

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SW-User

The one with the flying Valeries (sp)

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@SW-User There is an extraordinary lament after that by Wotan, when he condemns his daughter to eternal punishment on the mountain. It is heartbreaking.