“Tannhäuser”

Characters 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 - Soprano A young Shepherd - Soprano Four Pages - Soprano And Alto Thuringian knights. Counts and noblemen. Noblewomen. Older pilgrims. Younger pilgrims. Sirens. Naiads. Nymphs. Bacchantes Time: At the beginning of the thirteenth century Act One: The interior of the Hörselberg near Eisenach; A valley below the Wartburg Act Two: On the Wartburg Act Three: Valley below the Wartburg OVERTURE