Libretto
Richard Wagner
Premiere
19 October 1845, Dresden (Royal Saxon Court Theatre)
Paris version: 13 October 1861, Paris (Académie Impériale de Musique)
Cast
HERMANN (bass)
TANNHÄUSER (tenor)
WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH (baritone)
WALTHER VON DER VOGELWEIDE (tenor)
BITEROLF (bass)
HEINRICH DER SCHREIBER (tenor)
REINMAR VON ZWETER (bass)ELISABETH (soprano)
VENUS (mezzo-soprano)
A YOUNG SHEPHERD (soprano)
4 PAGES (2 soprano, 2 contralto)
CHORUS
Thuringian knights, counts and nobles, noblewomen, older and younger pilgrims, sirens, naiads, nymphs, meanads
Place
Time
Begin of the 13th century