Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1978-07-10
Runtime: 209 mins
Director: Thomas Olofsson
Writer: Richard Wagner
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Music, Drama
Original title: Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
Production Companies: Deutsche Grammophon
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Gwyneth Jones
Spas Wenkoff
Bernd Weikl
Hans Sotin
Robert Schunk
Franz Mazura
John Pickering
Heinz Feldhoff
Klaus Brettschneider
Irene Hammann
Angelika Jung-Nowski
Roswitha Korff-Krüger
Natuse von Stegmann
Colin Davis
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