Organization

Edinburgh International Festival

Conductor

Donald Runnicles

Singer

Tenor

Clay Hilley

Tannhäuser

Soprano

Emma Bell

Elizabeth

Baritone

Thomas Lehman

Wolfram of Eschenbach

Mezzo-soprano

Irene Roberts

Venus

Bass

Albert Pesendorfer

Hermann

Bass-baritone

Markus Brück

Biterolf

Attilio Glaser

Walther of the Vogelweide

Gideon Poppe

Heinrich the scribe

Meechot Marrero

A young shepherd

Tyler Zimmerman

Reinmar of Zweter

Orchestra

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

German

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Usher Hall

Tannhäuser Wagner,Richard

Public

English

Approved

The musician Tannhäuser has left the court of the Wartburg to become the consort of the goddess Venus. Disillusioned with her hedonistic realm, he yearns for spiritual nourishment and a reunion with his former beloved, Elisabeth. But if she and the other Wartburg inhabitants learn where he has been, will they ever forgive him?

The work features some of the composer’s greatest writing for chorus, alongside solo numbers such as Tannhäuser’s plea for freedom, Elisabeth’s exultant greeting to the Wartburg Hall and Wolfram’s poignant song to the Evening Star.

Expert Wagnerian Sir Donald Runnicles’s interpretation of Tannhäuser at the 2013 BBC Proms was rapturously received. He now conducts the Deutsche Oper Berlin in what promises to be an unforgettable concert performance.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Ensemble