The Metropolitan Opera: TannhäuserMovie
Met Music Director James Levine leads this Live in HD presentation of Wagner’s early Romantic opera, starring Johan Botha in the title role of the minnesinger torn between earthly passion and true love. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth, whose unswerving devotion redeems Tannhäuser’s soul, and Peter Mattei sings Wolfram, his faithful friend. Michelle DeYoung as the love goddess Venus and Günther Groissböck as Landgraf Hermann complete the cast. Otto Schenk’s classic production was the first of his acclaimed Wagner stagings at the Met.
About The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser
The Metropolitan Opera: Tannhäuser is a 2015 music movie directed by Otto Schenk, Barbara Willis Sweete.
The production information lists a runtime of 3h 15m, an original language code of DE.
The credited cast includes Johan Botha, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Michelle DeYoung, Peter Mattei. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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