Wagner: Tannhäuser
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David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three days by leading opera director Brian Large, this recording benefits from the ideal technical conditions made possible by a closed session. Alden, one of the most iconoclastic interpreters of classical opera, stirs up the visionary, erotic, and archetypal elements in Wagner's work. The cold, forbidding aspect of the stylized and predominantly monochrome sets and costumes by Roni Toren and Buki Shiff manifests the strait-jacket of tradition from which Tannhäuser seeks to free himself in this powerful opera.
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René Kollo
Tannhäuser
Also in
Tristan und Isolde
Gypsy Princess
Waltraud Meier
Venus
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Tristan und Isolde
Carmen
Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach
Also in
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
Nadine Secunde
Elisabeth
Also in
The Ring Cycle: Die Walkure
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Hermann
Also in
Das Rheingold
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö
Walther von der Vogelweide
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Hans Günter Nöcker
Biterolf
Also in
Cardillac
Der Prinz von Homburg
James Anderson
Heinrich der Schreiber
Gerhard Auer
Reinmar von Zweter
Johannes Pohl
Hirt
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Zubin Mehta
Self - Conductor
Known for
Kohrra
Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Self - Orchestra
Also in
Der Rosenkavalier
Janáček: From the House of the Dead
David Alden Director · Richard Wagner Composer
First release January 1, 1994 · Produced in Germany · Production BR
Production
Bayerische Staatsoper
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BR
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 1, 1994
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Germany
August 28, 2015 · Physical
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