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Trailer
Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle
8.0
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3h 29m
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1978
Overview
TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cultured setting of his betrothed Elizabeth (soprano), who loves him. During a singing contest, Tannhäuser describes the affair with Venus as the ultimate love experience and because of that, he is cast out from the established society. Thanks to Elizabeth's intervention, he is allowed to undertake a pilgrimage to the Pope to ask for the Holy Father's pardon. If the Pope accepts to forgive him, he would be allowed to take back his place in society. Tannhäuser accepts. But fate will not allow him to meet with his beloved Elizabeth again in this life. This is a recording of the legendary staging by Götz Friedrich for the 1978 Bayreuth Festival conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
Cast
![Gwyneth Jones pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FehIPPH2vINJAPNHgoHe2vHvUg5t.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Gwyneth Jones
Elisabeth / Venus
![Spas Wenkoff pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FqmCt5yr7FcESMypwCO3bEbV6DMN.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Spas Wenkoff
Tannhäuser
![Bernd Weikl pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fr8NkIhBstdKCq1FPqE1yn8sRVCu.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Bernd Weikl
Wolfram von Eschenbach
![Hans Sotin pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FfjlkAstdGHYPBBIDYbvo4f0M1fl.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Hans Sotin
Landgraf
![Robert Schunk pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FoSeOceX6DCmDHd9SdGMsw9jWoDp.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Robert Schunk
Walther von der Vogelweide
![Franz Mazura pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F33XAcjIcojfjq92fGAX6GslMCRa.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Franz Mazura
Biterolf
![John Pickering pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
John Pickering
Heinrich der Schreiber
![Heinz Feldhoff pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Heinz Feldhoff
Reinmar von Zweter
![Klaus Brettschneider pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Klaus Brettschneider
Ein junger Hirt
![Irene Hammann pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Irene Hammann
Edelknaben
![Angelika Jung-Nowski pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Angelika Jung-Nowski
Edelknaben
![Roswitha Korff-Krüger pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Roswitha Korff-Krüger
Edelknaben
![Natuse von Stegmann pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Natuse von Stegmann
Edelknaben
![Colin Davis pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FbzeZgEDAEmpHGerdCDRIAEmh70F.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Colin Davis
Conductor
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