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Cast
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 |
Storyline
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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Certification: | 12 |
Cast
Gwyneth Jones |
Elisabeth / Venus |
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Spas Wenkoff |
Tannhäuser |
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Bernd Weikl |
Wolfram von Eschenbach |
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Hans Sotin |
Landgraf |
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Robert Schunk |
Walther von der Vogelweide |
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Franz Mazura |
Biterolf |
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John Pickering |
Heinrich der Schreiber |
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Heinz Feldhoff |
Reinmar von Zweter |
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Klaus Brettschneider |
Ein junger Hirt |
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Irene Hammann |
Edelknaben |
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Angelika Jung-Nowski |
Edelknaben |
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Roswitha Korff-Krüger |
Edelknaben |
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Natuse von Stegmann |
Edelknaben |
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Colin Davis |
Conductor |
Directed By
Thomas Olofsson |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Richard Wagner |
Writer |
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Production Crew
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Costume and Makeup
Sound
Götz Friedrich |
Music |
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Richard Wagner |
Original Music Composer |
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Colin Davis |
Conductor |
Visual Effects
Camera
Lighting
Art Department
Götz Friedrich |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
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