Songs
The Flying Dutchman unfolds through 27 original songs. Together, they form a cycle — part confession, part myth, part memory. This list reflects the structure of the musical and offers a glimpse into how the story unfolds and the themes it explores.
The list
ACT I
00: Overture (The Flying Dutchman Theme)
01: Cape of No Hope
02: Seven Years and a Day
03: In the Barber's Chair
04: Just a Man
05: Men of the Tide
06: Truths and Tall Tales
07: Senta's Lullaby
08: Beacons on the Shore
09: Shame
10: The Man I Might Have Loved
11: Sail on (Theme)
12: Seven Years and a Day (Reprise I)
13: I Never Arrive
ACT II
14: Seven Years and a Day (Reprise II)
15: The Truth They Never Told
16: Every Seven Years
17: Same Old Story
18: The Men I Lost
19: Silent Stars
20: It's Always the Sailors
21: The Curse We Keep
22: Just a Man (Reprise)
23: The Man I Became
24: I Never Arrive (Theme)
25: Cape of No Hope (Reprise)
26: Sail On
27. Postlude (Themes from The Flying Dutchman)
The Theme
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About the songs
What began as a collection of songs slowly revealed itself as something else entirely.
From a handful of songs to a story that wouldn’t let go
At first, The Flying Dutchman wasn’t a musical — it was an idea for an album. A series of songs that might belong together, that might hint at a shared world. Song that could tell a story. But the more the songs took shape, the clearer it became that an album wasn't going to be enough to unravel the story that was rising to the surface. And a question emerged with it. Whose story was this, really?...
