Event listing: Tannhäuser | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Event is in the past

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Performers

The Royal Opera
Hartmut Haenchen	Conductor
Tim Albery	Director
Michael Levine	Set Designer
Jon Morrell	Costume Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Chœur de Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
Jasmin Vardimon	Choreography
Peter Seiffert	Tenor	Tannhäuser
Christian Gerhaher	Baritone	Wolfram von Eschenbach
Emma Bell	Soprano	Elisabeth
Sophie Koch	Mezzo-soprano	Venus
Stephen Milling	Bass	Landgraf Hermann
Michael Kraus	Baritone	Biterolf
Samuel Sakker	Tenor	Heinrich der Schreiber
Ed Lyon	Tenor	Walther von der Vogelweide
Jeremy White	Bass	Reinmar von Zweter

Reviews of Tannhäuser directed by Tim Albery

***11

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, January 2023

****1

Lyric Opera House, Chicago, February 2015

****1

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, December 2010

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Downhill from Venusberg: a bland Tannhäuser

Mark Pullinger, 26th April

Tim Albery's 2010 production of Tannhäuser, receiving its first revival at Covent Garden, begins with a stylish opening 20 minutes, but thereafter things become rather bland.

***11