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As light falls, Tannhäuser finds its tone in Chicago

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Reviewed at Lyric Opera House, Chicago on 9 February 2015
Wagner, Tannhäuser
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
Tim Albery, Director
Michael Levine, Set Designer
Johan Botha, Tannhäuser
Amber Wagner, Elisabeth
Michaela Schuster, Venus
Gerald Finley, Wolfram von Eschenbach
John Relyea, Landgraf Hermann
Richard Wiegold, Reinmar von Zweter
Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra
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