
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle 1978
Overview
TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to El
Director: Thomas Olofsson
Cast

Gwyneth Jones
Elisabeth / Venus

Spas Wenkoff
Tannhäuser
Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach

Hans Sotin
Landgraf

Robert Schunk
Walther von der Vogelweide

Franz Mazura
Biterolf
John Pickering
Heinrich der Schreiber
Heinz Feldhoff
Reinmar von Zweter
Klaus Brettschneider
Ein junger Hirt
Irene Hammann
Edelknaben