Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner
Play
Length 1 h 57 min
Chapters 21
First published 1906
The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, reveals his sins during a song contest and is forced to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome to seek absolution from the Pope.
The text of Richard Wagner's opera is here freely translated as a dramatic poem. - Summary by Alan Mapstone
Chapters
1
Part 1: In the Hill of Venus Read by Alan Mapstone
6:30
2
Part 1 Scene 2 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:58
3
Part 1 Scene 3 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:58
4
Part 1 Scene 4 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:05
5
Part 1 Scene 5 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:58
6
Part 1 Scene 6 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:17
7
Part 1 Finale Read by Alan Mapstone
5:33
8
Part 2: The Tournament of Song Read by Alan Mapstone
4:00
9
Part 2 Scene 2 Read by Alan Mapstone
7:00
10
Part 2 Scene 3 Read by Alan Mapstone
2:34
11
Part 2 Scene 4 Read by Alan Mapstone
6:36
12
Part 2 Scene 5 Read by Alan Mapstone
7:11
13
Part 2 Scene 6 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:17
14
Part 2 Scene 7 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:41
15
Part 2 Finale Read by Alan Mapstone
5:52
16
Part 3: The Pope's Pardon Read by Alan Mapstone
5:28
17
Part 3 Scene 2 Read by Alan Mapstone
5:12
18
Part 3 Scene 3 Read by Alan Mapstone
4:07
19
Part 3 Scene 4 Read by Alan Mapstone
6:59
20
Part 3 Scene 5 Read by Alan Mapstone
7:21
21
Part 3 Conclusion Read by Alan Mapstone
3:39
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