And the music of course is full of wonderful melody and powerful drama - a rich vehicle for the world-class Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The production combines striking imagery of the two worlds set apart, from the indulgence and abandon of the Venusberg to the privation and sincerity of the Wartburg. Two great performers, Michaela Schuster as Venus and Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elisabeth, embody Tannhauser's choice: the seductive feeding of the senses or the rich nourishing of the soul.
Johan Botha - one of the most acclaimed Wagner tenors in the world today- sings the lead role of the artist struggling to reconcile contrasting aspects of his art. A new production by Tim Albery puts Tannhauser back in the repertory after an absence of more than twenty years and with a fine international cast under Semyon Bychkov. Wagner's great battle of the sensual and the spiritual returns to The Royal Opera. Chorus in Tim Alberys production of Richard Wagners Tannhuser, The Royal Opera Season 2010/11 /productions/tannhauser-by-tim-albery. Ever attentive to ebb and flow, he conducts the music's textures as surely as its colours. Tannhuser is perhaps the most melodic of all Wagner's operas, and in Hartmut Haenchen it has the ideal conductor. TANNHUSER Sung in German with English surtitles royaloperahouse Generous philanthropic support from Julia and Hans Rausing, Aud Jebsen, Crevan O'Grady and Jane McClenahan and the Wagner Circle Background Disenchanted with his life of pleasure, the knight Tannhuser longs to return to the spiritual order he left behind. Her Majesty's Theatre (His Majesty's Theatre) Albery is saying that fundamentalism takes many forms, but it's blatant stuff (although the Royal Opera Chorus, happily, is on rousing form).
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