British conductor Mark Elder and an all-star cast perform Wagner's first operatic song-contest (the second being The Mastersingers of Nuremberg). The minstrel knight Tannhauser is torn between the ...

Of all the mature operas of Richard Wagner, “Tannhauser” requires perhaps the greatest indulgence from all but the most uncritical of Wagnerites. For one thing, it is long and repetitious, lasting ...

Which side are you on? The sacred or the profane? The ­sensual or the spiritual? These are the questions that ­preoccupy the crusader knight at the heart of Wagner’s early foray into ­medieval German ...

On Friday, the Houston Grand Opera performed a new staging of Richard Wagner’s "Tannhäuser" whose setting comprised both hits and misses, but whose several highlights included the rousing singing of ...

There was more than the usual amount of opening night buzz Tuesday at the War Memorial Opera House, as the San Francisco Opera unveiled its new production of “Tannhauser.” Wagner’s opera hadn’t been ...