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Title Tannhäuser : opera in 3 acts / music and libretto, Richard Wagner ; producer, David Alden ; directed for television by Brian Large ; co-produced by Bayerischer Rundfunk/RM Arts in association with Channel Four, Televisíon metropolitana S.A. de C.V. "Canal 22", Tevel Israel Communications Limited.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2001]

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 Talbott Media  DVD 159v    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 videodisc (193 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
stereo
video file
Credits Set design, Roni Toren ; costume design, Buki Schiff ; lighting design, Pat Collins ; choreography, Vivienne Newport ; stage director, Helmuth Lehberger ; technical director, Gerhard Zahn ; executive produer, Dietrich von Watzdorf.
Cast René Kollo (Tannhäuser) ; Jan-Hendrik Rootering (Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia), Bernd Weikl (Wolfram von Eschenbach) ; Claes H. Ahnsjö (Walther von der Vogelweide) ; Hans Günter Nöcker (Biterolf) ; James Anderson (Heinrich der Schreiber) ; Gerhard Auer (Reinmar von Zweter) ; Nadine Secunde (Elisabeth) ; Waltraud Meier (Venus) ; Bayerische[s] Staatsorchester ; chorus and ballet of the Bayerische Staatsoper ; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
Note Recorded at the National Theatre, Munich, Sept. 1994.
DVD video; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; coded for Region 1 (North America) playback only.
Program notes and chapter index on container.
Summary This version by David Alden uses minimalist sets and costumes to depict Tannhäuser's conflict in choosing between earthly pleasures and spiritual aspirations.
Language Sung in German with English subtitles.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Alden, David.
Large, Brian.
Kollo, René, 1937- performer.
Rootering, Jan-Hendrik, 1950- performer.
Secunde, Nadine, performer.
Meier, Waltraud, performer.
Weikl, Bernd, performer.
Ahnsjö, Claes-Håkan, 1942- performer.
Mehta, Zubin, conductor.
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Tannhäuser.
Bayerisches Staatsorchester, performer.
Bayerische Staatsoper München, performer.
Bayerischer Rundfunk.
RM Arts (Firm)
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Canal 22 (Television station : Mexico)
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Tevel Israel International Communications.
Standard No. 014381579123
Music No. ID5971RADVD Image Entertainment