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The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
19823h 9m★ 7.0Music
Overview
As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act masterwork features some of the composer’s most groundbreaking and unforgettable music, as well as a theme the young Wagner would revisit again and again later in his career—the redemptive and transcendent power of a woman’s love. The enchanting plot harks back to medieval history: Wolfram is a lovesick troubadour who desires the virtuous Elisabeth. She, however, has eyes for another: the rebellious knight Tannhäuser, who in turn cannot get over an overwhelming sensual experience in the realm of the goddess Venus, and is banished for singing her praises at court. Only saintly Elisabeth’s death can atone for his misdeeds.
Director
- Brian Large
Writers
- Richard Wagner
Producers
- Michael Bronson · Executive Producer
- Anthony A. Bliss · Executive Producer
- Clemente D'Alessio
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Top cast
Richard Cassilly
Tannhäuser
Éva Marton
Elisabeth
Tatiana Troyanos
Venus
John Macurdy
Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia
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Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach
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Robert Nagy
Walther von der Vogelweide
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Richard J. Clark
Biterolf
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Charles Anthony
Heinrich der Schreiber
Richard Vernon
Reinmar von Zweter
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Bill Blaber
Young shepherd
James Levine
Self - Conductor
MET Orchestra
