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Live from the Met: Tannhauser
British conductor Mark Elder and an all-star cast perform Wagner's first operatic song-contest (the second being Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg). The minstrel knight Tannhauser is torn between the orgiastic delights of the Venusberg and the chaste attractions of Elisabeth, niece of Landgrave Herrmann of Thuringia. Things come to a head at the Wartburg song contest, where the challenge for Tannhauser and the other competitors is to define the essence of love in song.
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder Act

Contributors

Conductor:
Mark Elder
Unknown:
Landgrave Herrmann
Tannhauser:
Peter Seiffert (tenor)
Elisabeth:
Deborah Voigt (soprano)
Venus:
Michelle Deyoung (mezzo)
Wolfram von Eschinbach:
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Landgraf Herrmann:
Kurt Moll ( Bass)
Walther von der Vogelweide:
John Horton Murray (tenor)
Heinrich:
Roy Comellus Smith (tenor)
Biterolf:
Charles Taylor (baritone)
Reinmar:
Morris Robinson (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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