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“Tannhäuser” by Richard Wagner
Premiere / date of written: 19 October 1845
“The Pilgrim's Choruses from Tannhäuser exude a certain ecstasy and the confidential effusive bliss of a feeling of remorse.” Franz Liszt
The first performance was given in the Royal Theater in Dresden on 19 October 1845.
Libretti
| # | Language | Authors |
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German
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Richard Wagner |
| 2 |
English
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original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
Images
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
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| 1954 | Tannhäuser — Ramon Vinay, Elisabeth — Margaret Harshaw, Venus — Astrid Varnay, Wolfram — George London, Hermann Landgrave — Jerome Hines, Walther — Brian Sullivan |
George Szell Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
Audio CD: Sony Classical, Cat: 886443900868 |
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| 1955 | Tannhäuser — Wolfgang Windgassen, Elisabeth — Gré Brouwenstijn, Venus — Herta Wilfert, Wolfram — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Landgrave — Josef Greindl, Walther — Josef Traxel |
André Cluytens Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus |
Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or, Cat: C 643043D |
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| 1960 | Tannhäuser — Hans Hopf, Elisabeth — Elisabeth Grümmer, Venus — Marianne Schech, Wolfram — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Landgrave — Gottlob Frick, Walther — Fritz Wunderlich |
Franz Konwitschny Berlin State Opera Chorus and Orchestra |
Audio CD: EMI, Cat: CMS 7 63214 2 |
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| 1962 | Tannhäuser — Wolfgang Windgassen, Elisabeth — Anja Silja, Venus — Grace Bumbry, Wolfram — Eberhard Wächter, Hermann Landgrave — Josef Greindl, Walther — Gerhard Stolze |
Wolfgang Sawallisch Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus |
Audio CD: Philips, Cat: 434 607-2 |
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| 1970 | Tannhäuser — René Kollo, Elisabeth — Helga Dernesch, Venus — Christa Ludwig, Wolfram — Victor Braun, Hermann Landgrave — Hans Sotin, Walther — Werner Hollweg |
Sir Georg Solti Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus |
Audio CD: Decca, Cat: 470 810-2 |
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| 1988 | Tannhäuser — Plácido Domingo, Elisabeth — Cheryl Studer, Venus — Agnes Baltsa, Wolfram — Andreas Schmidt, Hermann Landgrave — Matti Salminen, Walther — William Pell |
Giuseppe Sinopoli Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra |
Audio CD: Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 427 625-2 |
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| 2001 | Tannhäuser — Peter Seiffert, Elisabeth — Jane Eaglen, Venus — Waltraud Meier, Wolfram — Thomas Hampson, Hermann Landgrave — René Pape, Walther — Gunnar Gudbjörnsson |
Daniel Barenboim Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Chorus |
Audio CD: Teldec, Cat: 8573 88064-2 |
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Video recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director |
Label, Comment |
Buy |
| 1978 | Tannhäuser — Spas Wenkoff, Elisabeth — Dame Gwyneth Jones, Venus — Dame Gwyneth Jones, Wolfram — Bernd Weikl, Hermann Landgrave — Hans Sotin, Walther — Robert Schunk |
Sir Colin Davis Choir and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Götz Friedrich |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 4446 |
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| 1982 | Tannhäuser — Richard Cassilly, Elisabeth — Éva Marton, Venus — Tatiana Troyanos, Wolfram — Bernd Weikl, Hermann Landgrave — John Macurdy, Walther — Robert Nagy |
James Levine New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra Otto Schenk |
Deutsche Grammophon |
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External links
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