27th July

Concert will begin at 16:04 hours GMT

Wagner's 'Tannhäuser' with Gould, Groissböck, Eiche, Davidsen and Gubanova from Bayreuth

Bayreuth Festival. Wagner's 'Tannhäuser' is an 1845 opera in three acts, based on two German legends; Tannhäuser, the legendary medieval German Minnesänger and poet, and the tale of the Wartburg Song Contest. Dresden version. Performers:

Landgraf Hermann: Günther Groissböck.
Tannhäuser: Stephen Gould.
Wolfram von Eschenbach: Markus Eiche.
Walther von der Vogelweide: Magnus Vigilius.
Biterolf: Olafur Sigurdarson.
Heinrich der Schreiber: Jorge Rodríguez-Norton.
Reinmar von Zweter: Wilhelm Schwinghammer.
Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen: Lise Davidsen.
Venus: Ekaterina Gubanova.
Ein junger Hirt: Katharina Konradi.

Bayreuth Festival Choir and Orchestra. Conductor: Axel Kober.

Delayed broadcast. Broadcast also at 18:04 GMT by German radio stations WDR 3, NDR Kultur, MDR Kultur, SWR 2, SR 2 Kulturradio, HR 2 Kultur, RBB Kultur and Bremen Zwei.