James Levine

Richard Wagner's Tannhauser, a tale of the struggle between spiritual and profane love, and of redemption through love, is given a radical visual update in Sebastian Baumgarten's controversial Bayreuth production. Joep van Lieshout's giant installation "The Technocrat" dominates the stage, its industrial interior suggesting that Tannhauser is in fact one big experiment. Torsten Kerl interprets the title role, with Camilla Nylund in the role of Elisabeth....