02 Nov 1973
Bastien a Bastienka
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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to Elizabeth's intervention, he is allowed to undertake a pilgrimage to the Pope to ask for the Holy Father's pardon. If the Pope accepts to forgive him, he would be allowed to take back his place in society. Tannhäuser accepts. But fate will not allow him to meet with his beloved Elizabeth again in this life. This is a recording of the legendary staging by Götz Friedrich for the 1978 Bayreuth Festival conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
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Gwyneth Jones Elisabeth / Venus
Spas Wenkoff Tannhäuser
Bernd Weikl Wolfram von Eschenbach
Hans Sotin Landgraf
Robert Schunk Walther von der Vogelweide
Franz Mazura Biterolf
Heinz Feldhoff Reinmar von Zweter
Klaus Brettschneider Ein junger Hirt
Irene Hammann Edelknaben
Angelika Jung-Nowski Edelknaben
Roswitha Korff-Krüger Edelknaben
Natuse von Stegmann Edelknaben
Colin Davis Self - Conductor
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