Wagner: Tannhäuser

Anew production of Tannhäuser, which was premiered on 26 July 2019 and presented the Bayreuth debut of conductor Valery Gergiev, as well as the house debut of young soprano star Lise Davidsen. Tobias Kratzer’s staging presented Tannhäuser as a wildly contemporary parable of art and freedom which was praised as “novel” and “wrenching” (New York Times) and received exceptional press acclaim. hey were joined by mezzo soprano Elena Zhidkova’s Venus (“scene stealing”, according to Opera Today), baritone Markus Eiche’s Wolfram and Stephen Milling’s Landgraf.

• Tobias KratzerDirector

• Stephen MillingLandgraf Hermann
• Stephen GouldTannhäuser
• Markus EicheWolfram von Eschenbach
• Daniel BehleWalther von der Vogelweide
• Kay StiefermannBiterolf
• Jorge Rodríguez-NortonHeinrich der Schreiber
• Wilhelm SchwinghammerReinmar von Zweter
• Lise DavidsenElisabeth