Tannhäuser in Venusberg Photo: Robert Kusel
Sunday 29 October at 6.00pm on RNZ Concert
WAGNER: Tannhäuser
Tannhäuser, minstrel and renegade, is lured into the erotic realm of the love goddess Venus. There he luxuriates in lust and a host of sinful pleasures. But finally it's all too much. He longs to return home, and does — to friends, rules of Christian conduct, and most of all, to Elisabeth, the warm but chaste young woman who loves him, despite the grief he's caused. Desperate for absolution, Tannhäuser joins his fellow pilgrims, journeying to Rome to ask forgiveness for his sins. But once you've been to the Venusberg, you can never truly leave.
Tannhäuser.................. Johan Botha
Elisabeth...................... Amber Wagner
Venus........................... Michaela Schuster
Wolfram...................... Gerald Finley
Landgraf ..................... John Relyea
Chorus & Orchestra of Chicago Lyric Opera conducted by Sir Andrew Davis (WFMT)
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