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Wagner's Tannhäuser

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: can medieval minstrel Tannhäuser find redemption? Donald Runnicles conducts an all-star cast, with Andreas Schager in the title role.

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York: can medieval minstrel Tannhäuser find redemption? Donald Runnicles conducts an all-star cast, with Andreas Schager in the title role. Thirteenth-century German knight and musician Tannäauser is torn between sexual and spiritual love, personified by the goddess Venus - with whom he's recently been shacked up - and the chaste Landgrave's niece Elisabeth. Will Elisabeth's faithful love, the loyal friendship of Wolfram and a penitent pilgrimage to Rome be enough to bring Tannhäuser salvation?

Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Tannhäuser ..... Andreas Schager (tenor)
Venus ..... Ekaterina Gubanova (mezzo-soprano)
Elisabeth ..... Elza van den Heever (soprano)
Wolfram von Eschenbach ..... Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Landgrave Herrmann ..... Georg Zeppenfeld (bass)
Walther von der Vogelweide ..... Kyle van Schoonhoven (tenor)
Biterolf ..... Le Bu (bass-baritone)
Heinrich ..... Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Reinmar ..... Harold Wilson (bass)
Shepherd ..... Maureen McKay (soprano)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Donald Runnicles

3 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Sat 17 Feb 2024 18:30

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser: Act 1

    Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser: Act 2

    Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser: Act 3

    Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.

Broadcast

  • Sat 17 Feb 2024 18:30