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Wagner: Tannhäuser
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Classical Music, Opera, Theatre
The life of the title character of Wagner's early opera Tannhäuser, based on the hero of medieval legend, is a struggle between sensuality and asceticism. Of course, the various problems presented in the work were highly relevant in the 19th century, the age of Romanticism, a time when bourgeois society was at odds with many of the principles held sacrosanct in previous historical eras. This staging of the opera has long been a successful component of the Budapest Wagner Days festival. Taking on the principle roles before the Müpa Budapest audience will be such artists as Marco Jentzsch as Tannhäuser, and Lauri Vasar as Wolfram von Eschenbach. Occupying the podium for this production is Michael Güttler, who regularly conducts Wagner works and is at home in Europe's most prestigious opera houses.
Program and cast
Conductor: Michael Güttler
Cast:
Hermann, landgrave of Thuringia: Gábor Bretz
Tannhäuser: Marco Jentzsch
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Lauri Vasar
Biterolf: Miklós Sebestyén
Elisabeth, the landgrave's niece: N. N.
Venus: Dorottya Láng
Featuring:
Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir (choirmaster: Zoltán Pad)
Honvéd Male Choir (choirmaster: Richárd Riederauer)
Creators:
Set designer, costume designer: Thomas Grube
Revival director: Sylvie Gábor
Director: Matthias Oldag
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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