Tannhäuser: Wagner in Budapest

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The Wagner in Budapest Opera Festival began at the Palace of Arts in 2006, and it has been a tremendous success. Enjoy this production of Tannhäuser conducted by Ádám Fischer.

The libretto of Tannhäuser was written on the basis of the Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, a collection of 13th century lyrical poems, and the 16th century Dannhauser songs. Its world première took place in 1845. The American Robert Dean Smith made an impressive début at the Bayreuth Festival in 1997. Gábor Bretz débuted at La Scala and at the Salzburg Festival, both in 2007. The role of Wolfram will be sung by Lauri Vasar, the scion of an Estonian musical family, while Christiane Iven, an outstanding German interpreter of Wagner, Mozart and Strauss, will play Elisabeth. Elena Zhidkova, born in Saint Petersburg but now residing in Berlin, will perform the role of Venus. It is a great joy that Levente Molnár of the Bavarian State Opera has agreed to sing the role of Biterolf.

Production
Artistic Director and Conductor: Ádám Fischer
Director: Matthias Oldag
Set and costumes: Thomas Gruber
Asistant director: Szilvia Gábor

Cast
Featuring the Hungarian National Choir
(chorusmaster: Mátyás Antal)
Hermann: Gábor Bretz
Tannhäuser: Robert Dean Smith
Wolfram: Lauri Vasar
Walther: Tibor Szappanos
Biterolf: Levente Molnár
Heinrich: Tivadar Kiss
Reinmar: Krisztián Cser
Elisabeth: Christiane Iven
Venus: Elena Zhidkova

Year after year, musical director Ádám Fischer is able to attract the top Wagnerian singers to the series, many of whom have performed at Bayreuth. Experience Wagner's monumental operatic composition at the Palace of Arts in Budapest.

In German language with Hungarian subtitles