Richard Wagner: Tannhauser (Arthaus DVD 2-DVD set)

Live Recording From The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 2008

2 DVDs with:

Elisabeth CAMILLA NYLUND
Venus WALTRAUD MEIER
Tannhäuser ROBERT GAMBILL
Landgraf STEPHEN MILLING
Wolfram von Eschenbach ROMAN TREKEL

Philharmonia Chor Wien
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Conducted by PHILIPPE JORDAN
Directed by NIKOLAUS LEHNHOFF
Set Design by RAIMUND BAUER
Costumes by ANDREA SCHMIDT-FUTTERER

After Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s great success with Parsifal, Lohengrin and Tristan und Isolde this is his highly acclaimed Tannhäusercoproduced with De Nederlandse Opera and Festspielhaus Baden-Baden.

Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production is based on the Paris version by Richard Wagner with an extended Venusberg scene and a ballet very surprisingly choreographed by Amir Hosseinpour and Jonathan Lunn. The minimalist staging and Raimund Bauer’s ingenious sets make this a Tannhäuser for our time.

The cast as always with Lehnhoff has nothing to match these days. An extra feature entitled “Tannhäuser – The Revolutionary” includes interviews with stage director, conductor and cast as well as backstage material.

"The Deutsches Symphonieorchester Berlin outdid itself under
Philippe Jordan [...] Camilla Nylund excelled as the chaste Elisabeth,
and Ms. Meier, a musician with deep reserves of force and a gift for madness, was the perfect Venus.“
New York Times

"Baden-Baden successfully attacks Bayreuth with Tannhäuser ... a noble feast of voices...”
FAZ