The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
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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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Richard Cassilly
Tannhäuser
Also in
Wozzeck
Fidelio
Éva Marton
Elisabeth
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Turandot
Il Trovatore
Brian Large
Otto Schenk
Also in
Meiberger: Chasing Minds
Tafelspitz
Richard Wagner
Known for
Corbin Nash
Michael Bronson
Tatiana Troyanos
Venus
Also in
Cavalleria Rusticana/Pagliacci
The Making Of West Side Story
Patricia Zipprodt
Clemente D'Alessio
John Macurdy
Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia
Also in
Don Giovanni
Aida
Gil Wechsler
Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Also in
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
Brian Large Director · Richard Wagner Writer Otto Schenk Production designer
United States release December 20, 1982 · Produced in United States
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The Metropolitan Opera
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United States
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
United States · December 20, 1982
Theatrical
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