The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser (2015)
Synopsis
Met Music Director James Levine leads this Live in HD presentation of Wagner’s early Romantic opera, starring Johan Botha in the title role of the minnesinger torn between earthly passion and true love. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth, whose unswerving devotion redeems Tannhäuser’s soul, and Peter Mattei sings Wolfram, his faithful friend. Michelle DeYoung as the love goddess Venus and Günther Groissböck as Landgraf Hermann complete the cast. Otto Schenk’s classic production was the first of his acclaimed Wagner stagings at the Met.
Release Date: 2015-05-31
Runtime: 195 minutes
Director: Otto Schenk
Top Cast
- Johan Botha as Tannhäuser
- Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth
- Michelle DeYoung as Venus
- Peter Mattei as Wolfram von Eschenbach
- Günther Groissböck as Landgraf Hermann
- Noah Baetge as Walther von der Vogelweide
- Adam Klein as Heinrich der Schreiber
- Ryan McKinny as Biterolf
- Ricardo Lugo as Reinemar von Zweter
- Ying Fang as Ein junger Hirte
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