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Wagner: Tannhauser / Youn, Kerl, , Eiche, Kober, Bayreuth Festival [blu-ray]

Wagner / Kerl / Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chor Release Date: 07/31/2015
Label: Opus Arte Catalog #: 7171
Composer:  Richard Wagner Performer:  Kwangchul Youn ,  Lothar Odinius ,  Markus Eiche ,  Thomas Jesatko  ...  Conductor:  Axel Kober Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bayreuth Festival Orchestra ,  Bayreuth Festival Chorus Number of Discs: 2

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Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser, a tale of the struggle between spiritual and profane love, and of redemption through love, is given a radical visual update in Sebastian Baumgarten’s controversial Bayreuth production. • Joep van Lieshout’s giant installation ‘The Technocrat’ dominates the stage, its industrial interior suggesting that Tannhäuser is in fact one big experiment. • Torsten Kerl interprets the title role, with Camilla Nylund in the role of Elisabeth. • ‘‘Camilla Nylund’s Elisabeth and Kwangchul
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