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Performances of Tannhäuser 2012 - an incomplete listing

Written By The Wagnerian on Sunday 8 January 2012 | 2:45:00 am

Another entry in our "Incomplete series", this time the Wagnerian's incomplete listing of Tannhäuser performances 2012. As normal, there are performances missing from this list and I have excluded any where the house concerned has not made a full cast list easily available. As this information does become available I will try to add these.  Equally, if you have any information on any that I have missed please let me know. 

As always: All details are open to change so please consult the official websites of each house. The Wagnerian, takes no responsibility for any such changes or inaccuracies herein






Aalto Musiktheater Essen
15 January 2012
 

Cast:
   
Tannhäuser: Jeffrey Dowd
Elisabeth: Danielle Halbwachs
Venus: Astrid Weber
Wolfram: Heiko Trinsinger
Herrmann: Roman Astakhov
Walther von der Vogelweide: Andreas Hermann
Biterolf: Almas Svilpa
Heinrich der Schreiber: Christopher Lincoln / Rainer Maria Röhr
Reinmar von Zweter: Michael Haag
A young shepherd: Christina Clark
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Director: Hans Neuenfels
Set Designs: Reinhard von der Thannen
Costumes: Reinhard von der Thannen 
 Website





Theater Bremen
22 January, 19 February 2012

Cast:

   
Tannhäuser: Heiko Börner
Elisabeth: Patricia Andress
Venus: Julia Rutigliano
Wolfram: Martin Kronthaler
Herrmann: Michael Dries
Walther von der Vogelweide: Luis Olivares Sandoval
Biterolf: Loren Lang
Heinrich der Schreiber: Christian-Andreas Engelhardt
Reinmar von Zweter: Christoph Heinrich
A young shepherd: Alexandra Scherrmann
Conductor: Markus Poschner
Director: Tobias Kratzer
Set Designs: Rainer Sellmaier
Costumes: Rainer Sellmaier
Website






Staatsoper Hannover   
27 January, 4, 8 February 2012

Cast:
  
Tannhäuser: Robert Künzli
Elisabeth: Brigitte Hahn
Venus: Khatuna Mikaberidze
Wolfram: Stefan Adam
Herrmann: Albert Pesendorfer
Walther von der Vogelweide: Latchezar Pravtchev
Biterolf: Young Kwon
Heinrich der Schreiber: Edward Mout
Reinmar von Zweter: Daniel Eggert
A young shepherd: Ina Yoshikawa
Conductor: Ivan Repusic
Director: Philipp Himmelmann
Set Designs: Elisabeth Pedross
Costumes: Petra Bongard

Website




Hungarian State Opera
12, 15, 29 February, 3 March 2012

Cast:
   
Tannhäuser: Johan Botha / Janos Bandi
Elisabeth: Meagan Miller / Maria Temesi
Venus: Ildiko Komlosi / Erika Gal
Wolfram: Adam Horvath
Herrmann: Albert Pesendorfer / Peter Fried
Walther von der Vogelweide: Istvan Horvath / Tibor Szappanos
Biterolf: Sandor Egri / Tamas Szüle
Heinrich der Schreiber: Daniel Pataki Potyok / Tamas Daroczi
Reinmar von Zweter: Ferenc Valter / Balazs Hantos
A young shepherd: Zita Varadi / Emoke Barath
Conductor: György G. Rath / Adam Medveczky
Director: Miklos Szinetar
Set Designs: Sandor Kecskemeti
Costumes: Judit Schäffer

Website






Das Meininger Theater
4(m), 10 March, 1 July 2012

Cast: 
Tannhäuser: Hans-Georg Priese
Elisabeth: Bettine Kampp
Venus: Alla Perchikova
Wolfram: Dae-Hee Shin
Herrmann: Dominik Nekel
Walther von der Vogelweide: Jacques Le Roux
Biterolf: Roland Hartmann
Heinrich der Schreiber Stan Meus
Reinmar von Zweter: Calin-Valentin Cozma
A young shepherd: Sybille Sachs
Conductor: Hans Urbanek
Director: Ansgar Haag
Set Designs: Kerstin Jacobssen
Costumes: Stephanie Geiger

Website






Vienna State Opera
18, 21, 25 March 2012

Cast:

   
Tannhäuser: Stephen Gould / Peter Seiffert
Elisabeth: Anne Schwanewilms / Petra Maria Schnitzer
Venus: Iréne Theorin
Wolfram: Matthias Goerne / Ludovic Tézier
Herrmann: Sorin Coliban / Andreas Hörl
Walther von der Vogelweide: Herbert Lippert
Biterolf: Alexandru Moisiuc
Heinrich der Schreiber: Peter Jelosits
Reinmar von Zweter: Il Hong
A young shepherd: Ileana Tonca
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst / Bertrand de Billy
Director: Claus Guth
Set Designs: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Christian Schmidt
Lighting: Olaf Freese
Website

Tokyo Opera Nomori
5, 8 April 2012


Cast:

   
Tannhäuser:  Stephen Gould
Elisabeth:  Petra Maria Schnitzer
Venus: Elisabeth Kulman
Wolfram: Markus Eiche
Herrmann:  Ain Anger
Walther von der Vogelweide: Gergely Nemeti
Biterolf:  In-Sung Sim
Conductor:  Adam Fischer
Website






Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse
17(m), 22, 24(m), 26, 29 June 2012

Cast:

   
Tannhäuser: Peter Seiffert / Torsten Kerl
Elisabeth: Petra Maria Schnitzer
Venus:  Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet
Wolfram:  Lucas Meachem
Herrmann:  Christof Fischesser
Walther von der Vogelweide:  Maxim Paster
Biterolf: Andreas Bauer
Heinrich der Schreiber:  Paul Kaufmann
Reinmar von Zweter:  Richard Wiegold
A young shepherd:  Anna Schöck
Conductor:  Hartmut Haenchen
Director:  Christian Rizzo
Set Designs:  Frédéric Casanova
Costumes:  Michaela Bürger
Lighting:  Catherine Olive
Website






Bayreuth Festival   
28 July, 3, 9, 15, 21, 27 August 2012

Cast:


Tannhäuser:  Lars Cleveman
Elisabeth:  Camilla Nylund
Venus:  Michelle Breedt
Wolfram von Eschenbach :  Michael Nagy
Walther von der Vogelweide:   Lothar Odinius
Biterolf :  Thomas Jesatko
Heinrich der Schreiber : Arnold Bezuyen
Reinmar von Zweter :  Martin Snell
Ein junger Hirt :   Katja Stuber
Landgraf Hermann :  Günther Groissböck
Conductor:  Thomas Hengelbrock
Director:  Sebastian Baumgarten
Set Designs:  Joep van Lieshout
Costumes:  Nina von Mechow
Lighting:  Franck Evin
Website






El Teatro Municipal de Santiago
5, 9, 13, 16 and 18 August 2012

Cast

Tannhauser:  Frank Van Aken
Elisabeth:  Eva-Maria Westbrook
Venus:  Natascha Petrinsky
Herman:  Andreas Baur
Wolfram:  Markus Marquardt
Conductor:  Rani Calderon
Director:  Michael Hempe
Lighting:  Ramon Lopez
Website