Tannhäuser

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Tannhäuser is a Romantic opera by Richard Wagner that blends medieval legend, themes of sin and redemption, and innovative music drama.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic opera
opera
basedOn Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
legend of Tannhäuser
belongsToRepertoire standard operatic repertoire
catalogueNumber WWV 70
composer Richard Wagner
conflict artist’s sensual desires versus spiritual salvation
countryOfFirstPerformance Germany
Kingdom of Saxony
firstPerformanceCity Dresden
firstPerformanceDate 1845-10-19
firstPerformancePlace Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden
surface form: Hoftheater Dresden
followedBy Lohengrin
genre music drama
opera
hasVersion Dresden version
Paris version
Vienna version
language German
laterPublisher B. Schott’s Söhne
librettist Richard Wagner
mainCharacter Elisabeth
Tannhäuser self-link
Venus
Wolfram von Eschenbach
musicalInnovation fusion of aria and recitative into continuous music drama
integration of leitmotifs
notableNumber Entry of the Guests
Bridal Chorus
surface form: Pilgrims’ Chorus

Song to the Evening Star
placeInOeuvre one of Wagner’s early mature operas
precededBy Der fliegende Holländer
publisher C. F. Kahnt
surface form: C. F. Meser
religiousElement Roman Catholic pilgrimage to Rome
revisedVersionLanguage French (sung text in Paris version)
revisedVersionPremiereCity Paris
revisedVersionPremiereDate 1861-03-13
revisedVersionPremierePlace Paris Opera
surface form: Paris Opéra
setting Thuringia
Venusberg
Wartburg Castle
structure three acts
theme conflict between sacred and profane love
medieval legend
redemption
sin
timePeriodOfSetting early 13th century

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Richard Wagner notableWork Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner composerOf Tannhäuser
Jessye Norman notableRole Tannhäuser
this entity surface form: Elisabeth in Richard Wagner's "Tannhäuser"
Tannhäuser mainCharacter Tannhäuser self-link
Wolfram von Eschenbach portrayedAsCharacterIn Tannhäuser
this entity surface form: Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser