Tannhauser

by Richard Wagner

James Conlon conducts this company premiere in a new production directed by Ian Judge. Tannhäuser features some of opera's most thrilling music: The famous overture, the rousing bacchanale that crescendos to a savage climax, Elisabeth's greeting to the hall of music ("Dich, teure Halle"), Wolfram's serenade to the evening star ("O, du mein holder Abendstern"), and the heaven-storming Pilgrim's Chorus. Starring Peter Seiffert as Tannhäuser, Petra Maria Schnitzer as Elisabeth, and Franz-Josef Selig as Hermann.