Tannhäuser "Tannhäuser and the Minnesingers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner based on two German legends: Tannhäuser, the mythologized medieval ...

A new production of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhauser” opera in Dusseldorf, which drew harsh criticism for staging Nazi atrocities, has been cancelled after less than a week. At opening performances by the ...

Tannhäuser is an 1845 opera in three acts, music and text by Richard Wagner, based on two German legends: Tannhäuser, the legendary medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg ...

Wagner's Tannhäuser returns to the Met stage on November 30 for eight performances, with notable Met role debuts for three principal cast members: Austrian tenor Andreas Schager in the title role, ...

The Metropolitan Opera presents Richard Wagner's Tannhauser, live in HD from the Met in New York, in movie theaters worldwide on Saturday, October 31 at 1 pm. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) reinvented the ...

A bumpy revival of Otto Schenk’s 1978 opera briefly broke down in pandemonium as climate protestors hijacked the second act and patrons responded with vocal displays of their own. Moving from a ...

A modern version of Richard Wagner's Tannhauser has been cancelled in Germany after the opening-night audience complained about scenes showing Jews being executed and dying in gas chambers. A ...

GP at the Met: Tannhäuser premieres March 13, 2016 at noon (check local schedule). History, myth, and invention come together in Tannhäuser, which had its world premiere in October 1845 at the Court ...

2 Photos: SIX THE MUSICAL in Rehearsal Ahead of Melbourne Run 3 Photos: Backstage at WAITRESS THE MUSICAL With the Original Australian Cast in Melbourne Melbourne-born talents, baritone Samuel Dundas ...