Sofia Opera & Ballet celebrated the opening night of their annual Wagner Festival on June 26, 2025 with director Plamen Kartaloff’s new production of “Tannhäuser.” Academic Professor Kartaloff is a ...

Tannhäuser, one of Richard Wagner's most acclaimed works, stands as a captivating testament to the composer's mastery of the opera genre. With its sweeping score, poetic libretto and compelling ...

A replicated proscenium with red and gold Royal Opera House curtains forms the entrance to the erotic world of the Venusberg in Tim Albery’s revived production of Tannhäuser. On a chair placed to ...

Opera Vlaanderen is starting the new season - which has the theme ‘Between Dream and Deed’ - with a new production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser, directed by the acclaimed director Calixto Bieito.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It doesn’t all have to boil down to sex. In fact, you could read Wagner’s Tannhäuser as a metaphor for any kind ...

In the middle of Act two of the opening night of “Tannhäuser” as Wolfram delivered his “Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise,” specifically as he sang that “love is a spring to be drunk from,” an ...

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 ...

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 ...