Prom 29

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Royal Albert HallKensington Gore, London, Greater London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom

Dates/times in London time zone

Programme

Tannhäuser (concert performance, sung in German)

Performers

Robert Dean Smith	Tenor	Tannhäuser
Heidi Melton	Soprano	Elisabeth
Daniela Sindram	Mezzo-soprano	Venus
Ain Anger	Bass	Landgraf Hermann
Christoph Pohl	Baritone	Wolfram von Eschenbach
Thomas Blondelle	Tenor	Walther von der Vogelweide
Andrew Rees	Tenor	Heinrich der Schreiber
Brian Bannatyne-Scott	Bass	Reinmar von Zweter
Ashley Holland	Bass	Biterolf
Hila Fahima	Soprano	Shepherd Boy
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Sir Donald Runnicles	Conductor

In their second Proms appearance together,
Donald Runnicles and the BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra turn to Tannhäuser. Robert Dean Smith
sings the role of the troubadour who tires of Venus’s
charms and yearns for spiritual redemption. Elisabeth
is the woman who loves him, Wolfram the man who
loves her.Tickets £9.50 - £46.

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Prom 29: A joyful Tannhäuser from Donald Runnicles

Jane Shuttleworth, 5th August

In Act II of Tannhäuser, Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia, sets the theme of the singing contest that is about to take place in his hall by asking: “Can you describe love’s nature to me?” To some extent, the entire opera is an examination of two very different answers to that question.

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