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Madness and civilisation: Andreas Schager triumphs in Bieito's Tannhäuser

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Reviewed at Opera Vlaanderen, Ghent, Ghent on 27 September 2015
Wagner, Tannhäuser
Dmitri Jurowski, Conductor
Calixto Bieito, Director
Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer
Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer
Annette Dasch, Elisabeth
Aušrinė Stundytė, Venus
Andreas Schager, Tannhäuser
Daniel Schmutzhard, Wolfram von Eschenbach
Stephan Adriaens, Heinrich der Schreiber
Adam Smith, Walther von der Vogelweide
Leonard Bernad, Biterolf
Ante Jerkunica, Landgraf Hermann
Patrick Cromheeke, Reinmar von Zweter
Koor Opera Vlaanderen
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Jan Schweiger, Choirmaster / chorus director
Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer
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