Tannhauser

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Event Tannhauser
Venue Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 17 May 2023
Last Date 20 May 2023
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description A knight-turned-songwriter stands torn between sensual desire and innocent love.

Like the Eurovision of German mythology – Tannhäuser charts the pleasures and perils of scandalous, unearthly delight.

Out of boredom, the singing-knight Tannhäuser opts to leave his paradise rendezvous with the Goddess of love, Venus. Though back on the ground, life’s far more puritan.

Among his friends and chaste ex-lover, Tannhäuser unashamedly enters a song contest and sings of his heavenly pleasures with Venus – only to have the rough crowd force him to atone for his sins via papal decree. What’s to
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Shane Placentino Director
Further Information in concert
Event Identifier 213314
Dataset AusStage