Wagner: Tannhäuser (2012)
From the Gran Teatre del Liceu - one of the great Wagner singers of our time in the lead role, Peter Seiffert is a nimble, youthful-voiced Tannhäuser He plays alongside Petra Maria Schnitzer as Elisabeth. As the goddess of love, Elisabeth’s counterpart Venus is portrayed by the stunning Béatrice Uria-Monzon. Sebastian Weigle, the Liceu’s principal conductor, gives a performance that the Spanish daily ABC wrote is “full of vitality and visibly inspired“heldentenor Peter Seiffert ruled the stage as the troubled artist. His duet with Elizabeth and his Rome narration were emotionally potent.” --Opera News
- Released
- 2012-03-27
- Genres
- Music
- Runtime
- 203 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Carsen, Xavi Bové
Cast
- Peter Seiffert as Tannhäuser
- Petra Maria Schnitzer as Elisabeth
- Béatrice Uria-Monzon as Venus
- Günther Groissböck as Landgraf Hermann
- Markus Eiche as Wolfram von Eschenbach
- Vicente Ombuena as Walther von der Vogelweide
- Lauri Vasar as Biterolf
- Francisco Vas as Heinrich der Schreiber
- Johann Tilli as Reinmar von Zweter
- Eliana Bayon as Ein junger Hirt