Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2014)

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Tannhauser (complete opera recorded in 2014)
Staatsoper Berlin / Peter Seiffert, Marina Prudenskaya, Ann Petersen, Peter Mattei, René Pape / Daniel Barenboim (cond)

[ Bel Air Classiques DVD / 2 DVD ]

Release Date: Friday 18 December 2015

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Rated: G - Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993Suitable for General Audiences

Stage direction & choreography: Sasha Waltz

Costume design: Bernd Skodzig

Set design: Pia Maier Schriever, Sasha Waltz

Lighting design: David Finn

A brand new production of 'Tannhäuser' from the Staatsoper Berlin, conducted by Daniel Barenboim, staged and choreographed by Sasha Waltz, who has brought to the stage this Romantic Wagner opera with a star cast of some of today's best Wagnerian singers: Peter Seiffert in the title role, Réne Pape as Landgraf and Peter Mattei as Wolfram, Ann Petersen sings Elisabeth and Marina Prudenskaya is Venus.

Dresden version including reference to Bachanals (Act 1, Scene 1) in the Paris version

HD recording: Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin - 04/2014

DVD Running time: 192 min.

Booklet: FR / ANGL / ALL, Subtitles: FR / ANGL / ALL

16/9, NTSC, Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1

"Musically, here is work from the conductor and orchestra on the level of their 2013 London Proms Ring...A well-chosen cast make much of the sympathetic acoustic of the Staatsoper's temporary Schiller Theatre home, with the ladies well contrasted...Mattei's finely enunciated Wolfram and Peter Seiffert encompassing the title-role's difficulties with a constant eye on their dramatic import." (Gramophone January 2016)

"Tannhäuser is definitely worth watching in choreographer Sasha Waltz's production from Berlin. She doesn't force the work into a Konzept, but allows it to unfold quite simply within her own pared-down aesthetic, balancing movement and stasis to great effect … Daniel Barenboim provides spacious and lucid conducting … Marina Prudenskaya is a fabulous Venus, with her sinuous and spicy mezzo. Peter Mattei strikes gold as Wolfram: I thought Christian Gerhaher owned this role, but Mattei is equally superb, oozing class." (OperaNow)

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