Film

Wagner: Tannhäuser

1994 · 3h 13m · Music

IMDb

7.2

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three days by leading opera director Brian Large, this recording benefits from the ideal technical conditions made possible by a closed session. Alden, one of the most iconoclastic interpreters of classical opera, stirs up the visionary, erotic, and archetypal elements in Wagner's work. The cold, forbidding aspect of the stylized and predominantly monochrome sets and costumes by Roni Toren and Buki Shiff manifests the strait-jacket of tradition from which Tannhäuser seeks to free himself in this powerful opera.

René Kollo

Tannhäuser

Waltraud Meier

Venus

Bernd Weikl

Wolfram von Eschenbach

Nadine Secunde

Elisabeth

Jan-Hendrik Rootering

Hermann

Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö

Walther von der Vogelweide

Hans Günter Nöcker

Biterolf

James Anderson

Heinrich der Schreiber

Gerhard Auer

Reinmar von Zweter

Johannes Pohl

Hirt

Zubin Mehta

Self - Conductor

Bayerisches Staatsorchester

Self - Orchestra

Ballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper

Self - Ballet

Tölzer Knabenchor

Self - Chorus

• David AldenDirector
• Richard WagnerOriginal Music Composer

Release date

January 1, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

3h 13m

Genres

Music