This production--the company's only production of Wagner's masterful "Song Contest at Wartburg Castle"--featured the company debuts of baritone Dale Duesing and Maestro Hermann Michael.
Seattle Opera used supratitles, or English captions, for the first time for
Tannhäuser. Sonya Friedman, who pioneered titles for New York City Opera's telecasts and Canadian Opera Company's
Elektra in 1983, created titles for Seattle Opera from
Tannhäuser in 1984 through
Il trovatore in 1996.
Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
Marvellee Cariaga (Venus) in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
Edward Sooter (Tannhäuser) and Karen Bureau (Elisabeth) in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
Stephen Wall (Walther von der Vogelweide), Dale Duesing (Wolfram), John Macurdy (Landgraf Hermann), Edward Sooter (Tannhäuser), Timothy Mussard (Heinrich der Schreiber), Peter Atherton (Biterolf), and Steven Tachell (Reinmar von Zweter), in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
Karen Bureau (Elisabeth) in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984
© Chris Bennion
Edward Sooter (Tannhäuser) and Marvellee Cariaga (Venus) in Wagner’s Tannhäuser, 1984 © Chris Bennion
