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'TANNHÄUSER'
Music drama in three acts
(sung in German)
Thuringian knights, ladies, pilgrims, sirens, nymphs, bacchantes Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
(Chorus-Master, Wilhelm Pits ) CONDUCTED BY IGOR MARKEVITICH
Producer, Wieland Wagner
The action takes place in Thuringia at the beginning of the thirteenth century
Act
Scene 1: The interior of the Venusberg
Scene 2: The valley in front of thcWartburg

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Wilhelm Pits
Conducted By:
Igor Markevitich
Producer:
Wieland Wagner
Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia:
Josef Greindl
Tannhauser:
Ramon Vinay
Wolfram von Eschenbach:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Walther von der Vogelweide:
Josef Traxel
Biterolf:
Toni Blankenheim
Heinrich der Schreiber:
Gerhard Stolze
Reinmar von Zweter:
Theo Adam
Elisabeth, niece of the Landgrave:
Gre Brouwenstijn
Venus:
Herta Wilfert
A young shepherd:
Volker Horn
Source: Radio Times

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