Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg: Deutsche Oper Berlin
Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin — Main stage
About the Event
Discover the many layers of meaning in Richard Wagner's Tannhäuser in this production by Kirsten Harms at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
A song contest is held at Wartburg Castle with the aim of defining the essence of love. The invited contestants sing of the purity of emotions while Tannhäuser praises the passion of Venus. His open avowal of lust infuriates the assembly, and they prepare to take up arms against him, but Elizabeth, herself wounded, manages to protect him…
In German with German and English surtitles
Program
- Wagner, Richard – Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
Cast / Production
Conductor Sir Donald Runnicles
Director Kirsten Harms
Stage‐design, Costume‐design Bernd Damovsky
Assistance costume‐design Inga Timm
Choreography Silvana Schröder
Chorus Master Jeremy Bines
Landgraf Hermann Tobias Kehrer
Tannhauser Peter Seiffert
Wolfram N. N.
Walther Clemens Bieber
Biterolf Joel Allison
Heinrich Jörg Schörner
Reinmar Tyler Zimmerman
Venus, Elisabeth Camilla Nylund
Shepherd Valeriia Savinskaia
Chorus Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Address
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bismarckstraße 35 , Berlin, Germany — Google Maps