Description
Wagner: Tannhäuser - Bayreuther Festspiele, Wolfgang Sawallisch / Philips Classics 3x Audio CD, Box Set / 420 122-2
UPC 028942012226
Tannhäuser (German: [ˈtanhɔʏzɐ]; full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts, with music and text by Richard Wagner (WWV 70 in the catalogue of the composer's works). It is based on two German legends: Tannhäuser, the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg Song Contest. The story centres on the struggle between sacred and profane love, as well as redemption through love, a theme running through most of Wagner's work.
| Label: | Philips Classics – 420 122-2 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
3 x CD, Album, Box Set
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| Country: | Germany |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Opera, Romantic |
Tracklist:
| CD1 | Act 1 | |
| CD2 | Act 2 | |
| CD3 |
Act 3 |
- Baritone Vocals [Wolfram Von Eschenbach] – Eberhard Wächter
- Bass Vocals [Biterolf] – Franz Crass
- Bass Vocals [Hermann, Landgraf Von Thüringen] – Josef Greindl
- Bass Vocals [Reinmar Von Zweter] – Gerd Nienstedt
- Choir – Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
- Composed By – Richard Wagner
- Directed By [Musikalische Leitung] – Wolfgang Sawallisch
- Directed By [Regie], Orchestrated By [Inszenierung] – Wieland Wagner
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Venus] – Grace Bumbry
- Orchestra – Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele
- Photography By – Siegfried Lauterwasser
- Soprano Vocals [Ein Junger Hirt] – Else-Margrete Gardelli
- Soprano Vocals [Elisabeth, Nichte Des Landgrafen] – Anja Silja
- Tenor Vocals [Heinrich Der Schreiber] – Georg Paskuda
- Tenor Vocals [Tannhäuser] – Wolfgang Windgassen
- Tenor Vocals [Walther Von Der Vogelweide] – Gerhard Stolze
