Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle

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


  • Genre: Music, Drama
  • Release Date: 1978-07-10
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 1 ratings
  • Runtime: 3h 29min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Thomas Olofsson
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Summary

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.

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  • Gwyneth Jones

    as Elisabeth / Venus
  • Spas Wenkoff

    as Tannhäuser
  • Bernd Weikl

    as Wolfram von Eschenbach
  • Hans Sotin

    as Landgraf
  • Robert Schunk

    as Walther von der Vogelweide
  • Franz Mazura

    as Biterolf
  • John Pickering

    as Heinrich der Schreiber
  • Heinz Feldhoff

    as Reinmar von Zweter
  • Klaus Brettschneider

    as Ein junger Hirt
  • Irene Hammann

    as Edelknaben
  • Angelika Jung-Nowski

    as Edelknaben
  • Roswitha Korff-Krüger

    as Edelknaben
  • Natuse von Stegmann

    as Edelknaben
  • Colin Davis

    as Conductor
Directing Thomas Olofsson Director
Art Götz Friedrich Production Design
Sound Götz Friedrich Music
Writing Richard Wagner Writer
Sound Richard Wagner Original Music Composer
Sound Colin Davis Conductor

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