The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser (2015)

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.

Date of release

2015-05-31

TMDB

4.0 / 10 (1)

Runtime

3h 15m

Genres

Music

Director

Otto Schenk, Barbara Willis Sweete

Casting

• Johan Botha — Tannhäuser
• Eva-Maria Westbroek — Elisabeth
• Michelle DeYoung — Venus
• Peter Mattei — Wolfram von Eschenbach
• Günther Groissböck — Landgraf Hermann
• Noah Baetge — Walther von der Vogelweide
• Adam Klein — Heinrich der Schreiber
• Ryan McKinny — Biterolf
• Ricardo Lugo — Reinemar von Zweter
• Ying Fang — Ein junger Hirte
• James Levine — Self - Conductor
• Yingxi Zhang — Reinemar von Zweter

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