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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle (1978)

ALL 07/10/1978 (en) Music, Drama 209 Min
  • Release
    07/10/1978
  • Production
    Deutsche Grammophon
  • Rotten tomato
    80%
  • Original title
    Tannhäuser
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to Elizabeth's intervention, he is allowed to undertake a pilgrimage to the Pope to ask for the Holy Father's pardon. If the Pope accepts to forgive him, he would be allowed to take back his place in society. Tannhäuser accepts. But fate will not allow him to meet with his beloved Elizabeth again in this life. This is a recording of the legendary staging by Götz Friedrich for the 1978 Bayreuth Festival conducted by Sir Colin Davis.

  1. Thomas Olofsson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Gwyneth Jones

    Elisabeth / Venus

  2. Spas Wenkoff

    Tannhäuser

  3. Bernd Weikl

    Wolfram von Eschenbach

  4. Hans Sotin

    Landgraf

  5. Robert Schunk

    Walther von der Vogelweide

  6. Franz Mazura

    Biterolf

  7. John Pickering

    Heinrich der Schreiber

  8. Heinz Feldhoff

    Reinmar von Zweter

  9. Klaus Brettschneider

    Ein junger Hirt

  10. Irene Hammann

    Edelknaben

  11. Angelika Jung-Nowski

    Edelknaben

  12. Roswitha Korff-Krüger

    Edelknaben

  13. Natuse von Stegmann

    Edelknaben

  14. Colin Davis

    Conductor

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Casts : 14 , Crews : 6

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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle (1978) 209 Min

ALL 07/10/1978 (en)
Music, Drama
  • Release 07/10/1978
  • Production
    Deutsche Grammophon
  • Original title Tannhäuser
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to Elizabeth's intervention, he is allowed to undertake a pilgrimage to the Pope to ask for the Holy Father's pardon. If the Pope accepts to forgive him, he would be allowed to take back his place in society. Tannhäuser accepts. But fate will not allow him to meet with his beloved Elizabeth again in this life. This is a recording of the legendary staging by Götz Friedrich for the 1978 Bayreuth Festival conducted by Sir Colin Davis.

  1. Thomas Olofsson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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