Tannhäuser
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1845 opera by Richard Wagner
Key facts
- Native title
- Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
- Librettist
- Richard Wagner
- Language
- German
- Premiere
- 19 October 1845 ( 1845-10-19 ) , Königliches Hoftheater Dresden
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- opera
- Composer
- Richard Wagner
- Narrative location
- Wartburg
- Duration
- 225
- Librettist
- Richard Wagner
- Lyrics by
- Richard Wagner
- Image
- Tavola 5, bozzetto di Gebrüder Brückner per Tannhäuser (s.d.) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON011721 - Restoration, crop.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tannhäuser (Wagner)
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- Tannhäuser (Wagner)
- date of first performance
- 1845-10-19
- number of parts of this work
- 3
- title
- Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
- set in period
- 13th century
- language of work or name
- German
- copyright status
- public domain
- location of first performance
- Dresden
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
- native label
- Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg
- catalog code
- 70
- form of creative work
- opera
- different from
- Tannhäuser
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Encyclopedic overview
Tannhäuser ( German: [ˈtanhɔʏzɐ]; full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts, with music and text by Richard Wagner (WWV 70 in the catalogue of the composer's works). It is based on two German legends: Tannhäuser, the mythologized medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg Song Contest. The story centres on the struggle between sacred and profane love, as well as redemption through love, a theme running through most of Wagner's work.
The opera remains a staple of major opera house repertoire in the 21st century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tannhäuser” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.