Release Date

31 May, 2015

Runtime

03:15: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser

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Actors

Johan Botha

Eva-Maria Westbroek

Michelle DeYoung

Peter Mattei

Günther Groissböck

Noah Baetge

Adam Klein

Ryan McKinny

Ricardo Lugo

Ying Fang

James Levine

Yingxi Zhang

Crew

Richard Wagner

Otto Schenk

Richard Wagner

James Levine

Otto Schenk

Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Barbara Willis Sweete