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Tannhäuser

May 11, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Wagner’s Tannhäuser receives a highly anticipated new staging from internationally acclaimed director Francesca Zambello—and Houston audiences will be the first to experience her strikingly beautiful production. Lust and love, diametrically opposed forces in the opera’s universe, do battle within the title character’s psyche as the story unfolds. At curtain’s open, Tannhäuser has abandoned his life as a poet who sings of courtly love in favor of the carnal delights of the goddess Venus, spending a rapture-filled year on her magic mountain in the sky. Seeking something more, he renounces her, hoping to find redemption—and a union back home in Germany with his spiritual love Elisabeth. But his epic journey to salvation has been cursed.

Details

Date:
May 11, 2025
Time:
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.houstongrandopera.org/on-stage/tannhauser

Venue

Wortham Theater Center
501 Texas at Smith
Houston, TX 77002 United States
Phone
832-487-7000
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Organization

Houston Grand Opera
Phone
713-546-0200 or 713-228-OPERA (6737)
Email
customercare@houstongrandopera.org
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Districts

Houston Cultural District:
City of Houston District
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