Wagner: Tannhäuser

May. 08,2020      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Anew production of Tannhäuser, which was premiered on 26 July 2019 and presented the Bayreuth debut of conductor Valery Gergiev, as well as the house debut of young soprano star Lise Davidsen. Tobias Kratzer’s staging presented Tannhäuser as a wildly contemporary parable of art and freedom which was praised as “novel” and “wrenching” (New York Times) and received exceptional press acclaim. hey were joined by mezzo soprano Elena Zhidkova’s Venus (“scene stealing”, according to Opera Today), baritone Markus Eiche’s Wolfram and Stephen Milling’s Landgraf.

Stephen Milling as  Landgraf Hermann
Daniel Behle as  Walther von der Vogelweide
Lise Davidsen as  Elisabeth

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