Richard Wagner

What does a man want? Love or lust? Answer: both!  Tannhäuser has feasted on lust in the realm of Venus. But his excesses are anything but compatible with the strait-laced morality of the society in which he competes in song for Elisabeth's love. That precipitates an uproar …Tannhäuser: artist, outcast – the destiny of an outsider set against the intoxicating power of music at its highest erotic level. A Wagnerian banquet.

In German

Casts

Conductor Kent Nagano   
Based on a production by David Alden   
Set Roni Toren   
Costumes Buki Shiff   
Choreography Vivienne Newport   
Lighting Pat Collins   
Chorus Sören Eckhoff   

Hermann Christof Fischesser   
Tannhäuser Robert Dean Smith   
Wolfram von Eschenbach Matthias Goerne   
Walther von der Vogelweide Ulrich Reß   
Biterolf Goran Jurić   
Heinrich der Schreiber Kenneth Roberson   
Reinmar von Zweter Christoph Stephinger   
Elisabeth Anne Schwanewilms   
Venus Petra Lang   
Ein junger Hirt / Vier Edelknaben Tölzer Knabenchor   

The Bavarian State Orchestra
The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera