Wagner Weekend: Tannhäuser and Walküre

Tannhäuser, Salzburg Easter Festival 2023, scene from the 2nd act with Georg Zeppenfeld and Jonas Kaufmann. Foto Rittershaus

The radio recording of the Salzburg production of Tannhäuser, in which Jonas Kaufmann has sung the title role for the first time, will be broadcast on Saturday, April 15 at 7:30pm. The other leading roles will be performed by Marlis Petersen (Elisabeth), Emma Bell (Venus), Christian Gerhaher (Wolfram) and Georg Zeppenfeld (Landgraf Hermann); Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. On Sunday, April 16, Kaufmann will perform Siegmund in Die Walküre at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, with Okka von der Damerau (Brünnhilde), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Christopher Maltman (Wotan), Varduhi Abrahamyan (Fricka) and John Relyea (Hunding); the conductor is Dan Ettinger. Additional performances are on April 20, 23, 26 and 29.

Die Walküre in Naples, rehearsal with Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde) and Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund). Foto Romano

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