David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three days by leading opera director Brian Large, this recording benefits from the ideal technical conditions made possible by a closed session. Alden, one of the most iconoclastic interpreters of classicalopera, stirs up the visionary, erotic, and archetypal elements in Wagner's work. The cold, forbidding aspect of the stylized and predominantly monochrome sets and costumes by Roni Toren and Buki Shiff manifests the strait-jacket of tradition from which Tannhauser seeks to free himself in this powerful opera. 186 minutes.
Hermann Landgrave of Thuringia: Jan Hendrik Rootering Tannhauser: Rene Kollo Wolfram von Eschenbach: Bernd Weikl Walther von der Vogelweide: Claes H. Ahnsio Biterolf: Hans Gunter Nocker Heinrich der Schreiber: James Anderson Reinmar von Zweter: Gerhard Auer Elisabeth Niece of the Landgrave: Nadine Secunde Venus: Waltraud Meier Conductor: Zubin Mehta
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