The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser (1982)
3h 9m
Running Time
December 20, 1982Release Date
The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser (1982)
3h 9m
Running Time
December 20, 1982Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Richard Cassilly
Tannhäuser

Éva Marton
Elisabeth

Tatiana Troyanos
Venus

John Macurdy
Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia

Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach

Robert Nagy
Walther von der Vogelweide

Richard J. Clark
Biterolf

Charles Anthony
Heinrich der Schreiber

Richard Vernon
Reinmar von Zweter

Charles Anthony
Heinrich der Schreiber

Bill Blaber
Young shepherd

James Levine
Self - Conductor / Conductor

Brian Large
Director

Richard Wagner
Writer / Original Music Composer

Christina Calamari
Wardrobe Master

Michael Bronson
Executive Producer

Sherri Hayes
Production Assistant

Brian Zenone
Production Assistant

Otto Schenk
Production Design

Anthony A. Bliss
Executive Producer

Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Set Designer

Phebe Berkowitz
Stage Director

Karen Adler Barbosa
Associate Producer

Nina Lawson
Hairstylist
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