Latvian national Opera

Tannhäuser 2017

Our Tannhäuser was a mixture of its Paris and Dresden versions. My approach to the staging was continously the question about the conditions of love in a opressive cultural context.

ARTISTS

Composer, libretto: Richard Wagner

Set and costume design: Kimmo Viskari
Light design: Anton Kulagin
Choreography: Elita Bukovska

Musical direction: Martins Ozolins

Tannhäuser: Corby Welch, Andris Ludvigs
Elisabet: Liene Kinca, Vida Miknevicute
Wolfram: Valdis Jansons, Rihards Macanovskis
Venus: Martina Dike, Julianna Bavarska
Hermann: Timo Riihonen, Krisjanis Norvelis
Valter: Raimonds Bramanis, Mihails Culpajevs
Biterolf: Kalvis Kalnins, Armands Silins
Heinrich: Viesturs Jansons, Juris Jope
Reinmar: Edgars Osleja, Viesturs Vitols
Young shepard: Oskars Kalnins, Patriks Tabaks
Heinrich der Schreiber: Viesturs Jansons, Juris Jope
The Young Shepherd: Oskar Kalnins, Patriks Tabaks