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Tannhäuser | Stage Door Society

Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner

Opera·Premiered 1845·Libretto by Richard Wagner·romantic · german · redemption

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Synopsis

A knight torn between sacred and profane love seeks redemption after spending a year in the grotto of Venus, the goddess of love.

Signature Interpreters

Performers most associated with this work.

Tannhäuser

Stephen Gould
112 performances
Andreas Schager
28 performances

Elisabeth

Camilla Nylund
36 performances

Hermann

Günther Groissböck
1 recording · 32 performances
Georg Zeppenfeld
21 performances

Most frequently performed at

Metropolitan Opera House
32 appearances · last in 2023
Staatsoper Unter den Linden
19 appearances · last in 2027
Opernhaus Zürich
11 appearances · last in 2026
Wiener Staatsoper
4 appearances · last in 2026
Mariinsky Theatre
1 appearance · last in 2026

Available in Concert

This work appears as part of a multi-work programme in the following concerts.

SPstage plus1976

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Solti conducts Wagner: Favourite Overtures & Preludes · Sir Georg Solti

Programme

Richard Wagner — Der Fliegende Holländer

Richard Wagner — Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner — Tristan und Isolde

Tannhäuser

Synopsis

Signature Interpreters

Tannhäuser

Elisabeth

Hermann

Most frequently performed at

Available in Concert

Recorded Performances

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