The Metropolitan Opera - Wagner: Tannhäuser
(1982)

Released: 1982-12-20

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As renowned for its harmonious overture as for its romantic storybook characters, this three-act masterwork features some of the composer’s most groundbreaking and unforgettable music, as well as a theme the young Wagner would revisit again and again later in his career—the redemptive and transcendent power of a woman’s love. The enchanting plot harks back to medieval history: Wolfram is a lovesick troubadour who desires the virtuous Elisabeth. She, however, has eyes for another: the rebellious knight Tannhäuser, who in turn cannot get over an overwhelming sensual experience in the realm of the goddess Venus, and is banished for singing her praises at court. Only saintly Elisabeth’s death can atone for his misdeeds.

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Richard Cassilly

as Tannhäuser

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Éva Marton

as Elisabeth

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John Macurdy

as Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia

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Bernd Weikl

as Wolfram von Eschenbach

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Robert Nagy

as Walther von der Vogelweide

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Charles Anthony

as Heinrich der Schreiber

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Richard Vernon

as Reinmar von Zweter

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Bill Blaber

as Young shepherd

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Christina Calamari

Wardrobe Master

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Michael Bronson

Executive Producer

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Sherri Hayes

Production Assistant

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Brian Zenone

Production Assistant

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Otto Schenk

Production Design

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Phebe Berkowitz

Stage Director

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Karen Adler Barbosa

Associate Producer

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Nina Lawson

Hairstylist

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Norbert Vesak

Choreographer

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Richard Wagner

Original Music Composer

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Gil Wechsler

Lighting Design

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Patricia Zipprodt

Costume Designer

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