Of all the mature operas of Richard Wagner, “Tannhauser” requires perhaps the greatest indulgence from all but the most uncritical of Wagnerites. For one thing, it is long and repetitious, lasting ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With this expansive new production of Tannhauser, Melbourne Opera takes not just a great leap forward but a hop-skip-and-jump across the ...

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Lyric Opera of Chicago is auditioning highly trained dancers with strong technique in contemporary dance styles and dramatic stage experience for its upcoming production of the opera Tannhäuser by ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Tannhäuser "Tannhäuser and the Minnesingers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts ...

The plug has been officially pulled on a controversial new German production of Wagner’s “Tannhauser” that used Nazi costumes and other imagery from the Third Reich. The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in ...

There was more than the usual amount of opening night buzz Tuesday at the War Memorial Opera House, as the San Francisco Opera unveiled its new production of “Tannhauser.” Wagner’s opera hadn’t been ...

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 ...

The Metropolitan Opera has been feeding us one audience favorite after another this fall, and the latest hit to arrive is Richard Wagner's "Tannhauser." When it comes to operatic composers -- at least ...

A new production of Richard Wagner’s opera “Tannhauser” in Germany was reportedly booed by members of the audience who were apparently upset over the use of Nazi imagery in the staging. The opera ...

In my 20-odd years as an opera critic, I have only once before encountered a British production of Tannhäuser. Yet, in Wagner’s lifetime, it was his most popular work, focused on that favourite ...