Last night, the Metropolitan Opera gave an excellent performance of Tannhäuser, Wagner’s opera from 1845. The Met uses a production of Otto Schenk, which premiered in 1977. Herr Schenk, born in 1930, ...

Wagner didn’t really do understated, and 1845's Tannhäuser is the perfect example, from its bracing Overture to its shattering climax. His works were epic in scale, fantastically mythological in plot, ...

Symphony No. 2 BBC Symphony Orchestra Adrian Boult, Conductor Edward Elgar, Composer Tannhäuser, Movements: Overture Adrian Boult, Conductor BBC Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer BBC Chorus ...

Well what did go wrong was that on the first night, only a few hours before the opera was due to begin, German tenor Stefan Winkl, who was cast in the title role, declared that the throat infection ...

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Tannhäuser, Movements: Overture Boston Symphony Orchestra Richard Wagner, Composer Andris Nelsons, Conductor Symphony No. 2 Boston Symphony Orchestra Andris Nelsons, Conductor Jean Sibelius, Composer ...