The last in a series of great Met Wagner productions returns.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
Tannhäuser is the last of six Wagner stagings by the team of Otto Schenk and Gunther Schneider-Siemssen to remain in the Metropolitan Opera repertory. This season, this gorgeous picture-postcard production (the Act II set is a detailed re-creation of the actual locale where the opera's singing contest takes place) returns to the Met stage, possibly for the final time. Johan Botha, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle DeYoung and Peter Mattei are at the front of a superb cast under the baton of James Levine.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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| The Venusberg ballet in Act I of the Met production of Tannhäuser. Photo © 2015 courtesy the Metropolitan Opera. |
