GP at the Met: Tannhäuser premieres March 13, 2016 at noon (check local schedule). History, myth, and invention come together in Tannhäuser, which had its world premiere in October 1845 at the Court ...

The title character in Tannhäuser is a broken, flawed individual who can’t quite decide whether love or lust will be best for him. And although many call this one of if not the most accessible Wagner ...

The plug has been officially pulled on a controversial new German production of Wagner’s “Tannhauser” that used Nazi costumes and other imagery from the Third Reich. The Deutsche Oper am Rhein in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. All that was missing were shouts of “food fight!” to turn last night’s performance ...

Simulated lovemaking and actual nudity on stage. Bawdy language in the supertitles. Sensual music wafting from the orchestra pit. Hardly the sort of ingredients one would associate with a 143-year-old ...

There are other things going on, for better or worse, in the San Francisco Opera's new production of Wagner's "Tannhäuser," but one outshines the rest like a blazing burst of sunlight: the company ...

In Francesca Zambello’s new Houston Grand Opera production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser (1845), in collaboration with Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, and Canadian Opera Company, the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Johan Botha in the title role and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth. Photo: Marty ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. With this expansive new production of Tannhauser, Melbourne Opera takes not just a great leap forward but a hop-skip-and-jump across the ...

The director of the controversial new production of Wagner’s “Tannhauser” that made ample use of Nazi imagery -- including swastikas on costumes and a set that featured a pseudo-gas chamber -- has ...