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Tannhäuser

Title
Tannhäuser / Richard Wagner ; the Metropolitan Opera ; production by Otto Schenk.
Author
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883.
Publication
Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Entertainment, [2000], ©2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Cassilly, Richard, 1927-1998.
  • Marton, Eva.
  • Troyanos, Tatiana.
  • Weikl, Bernd.
  • Macurdy, John.
  • Levine, James, 1943-2021.
  • Schenk, Otto.
  • Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
  • Pioneer Entertainment (USA)
  • Pioneer Classics (Firm)
Description
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Tannhäuser sings the praises of Venus and the Pope refuses to give absolution. Elisabeth, who loves Tannhäuser and has prayed for his forgiveness, dies of a broken heart and Tannhäuser dies of grief at the sight of her funeral procession.
Note
  • Sung in German, with English subtitles.
  • Program notes by David Hamilton and synopsis of scenes in English laid in container.
Credits (note)
  • Conductor, James Levine ; set-designer, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume designer, Patricia Zipprodt ; stage director, Phebe Berkowitz ; choreographer, Norbert Vesak ; For Live from the Met: executive producer, Michael Bronson ; producer, Clemente D'Alessio ; director, Brian Large.
Performer (note)
  • Richard Cassilly, Eva Marton, Tatiana Troyanos, Bernd Weikl, John Macurdy, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet.
Event (note)
  • Videorecording of performances taped November 22 and December 20, 1982 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York ; originally recorded for telecast.
OCLC
  • ocm49335640
  • SCSB-9054289
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries