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Tannhäuser-17 September 1973 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Colin Davis
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Choir Director Russell Burgen
Cast
Tannhäuser Richard Cassilly
Venus Josephine Veasey
A Shepherd Boy Joseph Law
Hermann
Landgrave of Thuringia 		Karl Ridderbusch
Walther von der Vogelweide Derek Blackwell
Biterolf Robert Lloyd
Wolfram von Eschenbach Norman Bailey
Heinrich der Schreiber Adrian de Peyer
Reinmar von Zweter Gwynne Howell
Elisabeth
niece of the Landgrave 		Jessye Norman
Noble Page Peter Chapman
Noble Page Neil Read
Noble Page David Tate
Noble Page Barry Warwick
Principal Dancer Margaret Barbieri
Principal Dancer Paul Clarke
Principal Dancer Kerrison Cooke
Principal Dancer Vyvyan Lorrayne
Principal Dancer Barry McGrath
Principal Dancer Patricia Ruanne
Chorus of Thuringian Nobles, Knights and Ladies, Elder Pilgrims, Sirens, Naiads, Nymphs and Bacchantes The Royal Opera Chorus
Young Pilgrims Members of the Wandsworth School Choir
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: German
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 17 September 1973 (in Royal Opera House Collections)