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Wagner: Tannhäuser

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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.

Featured Crew

Zubin Mehta
Conductor
David Alden
Director

Cast

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René Kollo
Tannhäuser
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Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach
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Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö
Walther von der Vogelweide
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James Anderson
Heinrich der Schreiber
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Gerhard Auer
Reinmar von Zweter