The festival’s concert staging with Donald Runnicles conducting the Deutsche Oper brought Wagner’s score to life, with Clay Hilley in command of the lead role’s technical challenges With no fully ...

Before Eurovision, there was the Wartburg Song Contest. Eurovision could only wish for this much drama! Imagine basking in the adoration of Venus herself. Our minstrel-knight Tannhäuser has found a ...

On a new production of Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Zürich Opera House. The director Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson hails from Iceland but has done most of his work in Germany. Wagnerians notably encountered ...

The title character in Tannhäuser is a broken, flawed individual who can’t quite decide whether love or lust will be best for him. And although many call this one of if not the most accessible Wagner ...

In Francesca Zambello’s new Houston Grand Opera production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser (1845), in collaboration with Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, and Canadian Opera Company, the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick A revival of Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” was notable for the arrival of Christian Gerhaher. But with an abrupt protest, the performance took a ...

Wagner's Tannhäuser returns to the Met stage on November 30 for eight performances, with notable Met role debuts for three principal cast members: Austrian tenor Andreas Schager in the title role, ...

Symphony No. 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra Adrian Boult, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer Tannhäuser, Movements: Overture Adrian Boult, Conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer BBC Chorus ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Tannhäuser, which opened on November 30, will be remembered for two things: ...