Wagner: Tannhäuser (1994)
David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three days by leading opera director Brian Large, this recording benefits from the ideal technical conditions made possible by a closed session. Alden, one of the most iconoclastic interpreters of classical opera, stirs up the visionary, erotic, and archetypal elements in Wagner's work. The cold, forbidding aspect of the stylized and predominantly monochrome sets and costumes by Roni Toren and Buki Shiff manifests the strait-jacket of tradition from which Tannhäuser seeks to free himself in this powerful opera.
Director: David Alden
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René Kollo as Tannhäuser |
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Waltraud Meier as Venus |
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Bernd Weikl as Wolfram von Eschenbach |
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Nadine Secunde as Elisabeth |
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Jan-Hendrik Rootering as Hermann |
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Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö as Walther von der Vogelweide |
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Hans Günter Nöcker as Biterolf |
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James Anderson as Heinrich der Schreiber |
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Gerhard Auer as Reinmar von Zweter |
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Johannes Pohl as Hirt |
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Zubin Mehta as Self - Conductor |
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Bayerisches Staatsorchester as Self - Orchestra |
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Ballett der Bayerischen Staatsoper as Self - Ballet |
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Tölzer Knabenchor as Self - Chorus |
| Directing | David Alden | Director |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Original Music Composer |
