Instrumentation
Der fliegende Holländer is scored for the following instruments:
- piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes (one doubles cor anglais), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
- 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, bass tuba
- timpani
- harp
- 1st and 2nd violins, violas, violoncellos, and double basses
on-stage
- 3 piccolos, 6 horns, tam tam, wind machine
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