Met Opera: Tannhäuser

• Elza van den Heever, soprano (Elisabeth)
• Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano (Venus)
• Andreas Schager, tenor (Tannhäuser)
• Christian Gerhaher, baritone (Wolfram)
• Georg Zeppenfeld, bass (Landgraf Hermann)
• Donald Runnicles, conductor

Following his heroic performance as Siegfried in the Met's 2019 Ring cycle, dashing Austrian tenor Andreas Schager returns as the knight Tannhäuser in Wagner's ravishing opera of love, lust, and redemption. Soprano Elza van den Heever is the pure and virtuous princess Elisabeth, alongside mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as the tempting goddess of love, Venus. Maestro Donald Runnicles takes the podium for Otto Schenk's classic production, which also features baritone Christian Gerhaher in his Met debut as Tannhäuser's companion knight Wolfram and bass Georg Zeppenfeld as Landgraf Hermann.

Sung in German. Met Titles in English, German, and Spanish.

Estimated run time: 4 hours, 20 min.

Runs Nov. 30-Dec. 23.

About The Metropolitan Opera

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About The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

https://www.metopera.org/about/who-we-are/orchestra/

About Elza van den Heever, soprano (Elisabeth)

https://elzavandenheever.com/

About Ekaterina Gubanova, mezzo-soprano (Venus)

https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/opera_guest/gubanova_ek2/

About Andreas Schager, tenor (Tannhäuser)

https://www.andreas-schager.info/bio-english

About Christian Gerhaher, baritone (Wolfram)

https://www.gerhaher.de/index.php/en/menu/biography

About Georg Zeppenfeld, bass (Landgraf Hermann)

https://www.metopera.org/discover/artists/baritone-and-bass/georg-zeppenfeld/

About Donald Runnicles, conductor

https://www.donaldrunnicles.org/