Tannhäuser

Show Info Cast & Creative Age & Content Guide

Genre Opera/Dance

Venue

Royal Opera House Get directions

First Performance 11/12/2010

Closing 02/01/2011

Running Time 4h

Wagner’s great battle of the sensual and the spiritual, Tannhäuser returns to The Royal Opera.

This new production by Tim Albery puts Tannhäuser back in the repertory after an absence of more than 20 years and with a fine international cast under Semyon Bychkov.

Johan Botha – one of the most acclaimed Wagner tenors in the world today – sings the lead role of Tannhäuser, the artist struggling to reconcile contrasting aspects of his art.

Two great performers, Michaela Schuster as Venus and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth, embody Tannhäuser’s choice: the seductive feeding of the senses or the rich nourishing of the soul.

This production of Tannhäuser combines striking imagery of the two worlds set apart, from the indulgence and abandon of the Venusberg to the privation and sincerity of the Wartburg.

And the music of course is full of wonderful melody and powerful drama – a rich vehicle for the chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House.

Tannhäuser is sung in German wit English surtitles.

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Cast

Johan Botha, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michaela Schuster, Christian Gerhaher, Christof Fischesser, Clive Bayley, Timothy Robinson, Steven Ebel, Jeremy White

Creative

Director - Tim Albery

Producer - Royal Opera

Choreographer - Jasmin Vardimon

Conductor - Semyon Bychkov

Lighting Designer - David Finn

Set Designer - Michael Levine

Music By - Richard Wagner

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