[TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG
AUF WARTBURG]
Grand Romantic Opera in Three Acts.
First performed at the Royal Saxon Court Theatre, Dresden, October 19, 1845.
Original Cast.
| Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia | Dettmer. |
| Tannhäuser | Tichatschek. |
| Wolfram von Eschenbach | Mitterwurzer. |
| Walther von der Vogelweide | Schloss. |
| Biterolf | Wächter. |
| Heinrich der Schreiber | Gurth. |
| Reimar von Zweter | Risse. |
| Elizabeth, Niece of the Landgrave | Fräulein Johanna Wagner. |
| Venus | Mme. Schroeder-Devrient. |
| A Young Shepherd | Fräulein Thiele. |
Weimar, 1849; Schwerin and Breslau, Freiburg and Wiesbaden, 1852; Königsberg, Hamburg, Darmstadt, Elbing, Cassel, Frankfort, Posen, Leipsic, Riga, Barmen, Bremen, Bromberg, Cologne, Danzig, Düsseldorf, Prague, and Stralsund, 1853; Wolfendbüttel, Rostock, Reval, Neisse, Magdeburg, Glogau, Mayence, Gumbinnen, Gratz, Aix-la-Chapelle, Augsburg, and Stettin, 1854; Strassburg, Lübeck, Coburg, Bamberg, Munich, Mannheim, Antwerp, Zurich, Würzburg, Carlsruhe, Hanover, 1855; Berlin, 1856; Vienna, Dessau, and Sondershausen, 1857; Stuttgart, 1859; New York, April 4, 1859; Rotterdam, 1860; Paris, 1861; Brunswick, 1861; Olmütz and Amsterdam, 1862; Munich, Paris version, 1867; The Hague, 1870; Budapesth, 1871; Bologna, 1872; Brussels, 1873; Lucerne, 1874; Copenhagen, 1875; London (Italian), May 6, 1876; New York (Italian) and Moscow, 1877; Trieste, 1878; Innspruck and Salzburg, 1880; Ghent and London (English), 1881.
First performed in America at the Stadt Theater, New York, April 4, 1859.
Cast.