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Performances of Tannhäuser 2012 - an incomplete listing

Another entry in our "Incomplete series", this time the Wagnerian's incomplete listing of Tannhäuser performances 2012. As normal, there are performances missing from this list and I have excluded any where the house concerned has not made a full cast list easily available. As this information does become available I will try to add these. Equally, if you have any information on any that I have missed please let me know.

As always: All details are open to change so please consult the official websites of each house. The Wagnerian, takes no responsibility for any such changes or inaccuracies herein

Aalto Musiktheater Essen
15 January 2012

Cast:
Tannhäuser: Jeffrey Dowd
Elisabeth: Danielle Halbwachs
Venus: Astrid Weber
Wolfram: Heiko Trinsinger
Herrmann: Roman Astakhov
Walther von der Vogelweide: Andreas Hermann
Biterolf: Almas Svilpa
Heinrich der Schreiber: Christopher Lincoln / Rainer Maria Röhr
Reinmar von Zweter: Michael Haag
A young shepherd: Christina Clark
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Director: Hans Neuenfels
Set Designs: Reinhard von der Thannen
Costumes: Reinhard von der Thannen
Website

Theater Bremen
22 January, 19 February 2012

Cast:

Tannhäuser: Heiko Börner
Elisabeth: Patricia Andress
Venus: Julia Rutigliano
Wolfram: Martin Kronthaler
Herrmann: Michael Dries
Walther von der Vogelweide: Luis Olivares Sandoval
Biterolf: Loren Lang
Heinrich der Schreiber: Christian-Andreas Engelhardt
Reinmar von Zweter: Christoph Heinrich
A young shepherd: Alexandra Scherrmann
Conductor: Markus Poschner
Director: Tobias Kratzer
Set Designs: Rainer Sellmaier
Costumes: Rainer Sellmaier
Website

Staatsoper Hannover
27 January, 4, 8 February 2012

Cast:
Tannhäuser: Robert Künzli
Elisabeth: Brigitte Hahn
Venus: Khatuna Mikaberidze
Wolfram: Stefan Adam
Herrmann: Albert Pesendorfer
Walther von der Vogelweide: Latchezar Pravtchev
Biterolf: Young Kwon
Heinrich der Schreiber: Edward Mout
Reinmar von Zweter: Daniel Eggert
A young shepherd: Ina Yoshikawa
Conductor: Ivan Repusic
Director: Philipp Himmelmann
Set Designs: Elisabeth Pedross
Costumes: Petra Bongard

Website

Hungarian State Opera
12, 15, 29 February, 3 March 2012

Cast:
Tannhäuser: Johan Botha / Janos Bandi
Elisabeth: Meagan Miller / Maria Temesi
Venus: Ildiko Komlosi / Erika Gal
Wolfram: Adam Horvath
Herrmann: Albert Pesendorfer / Peter Fried
Walther von der Vogelweide: Istvan Horvath / Tibor Szappanos
Biterolf: Sandor Egri / Tamas Szüle
Heinrich der Schreiber: Daniel Pataki Potyok / Tamas Daroczi
Reinmar von Zweter: Ferenc Valter / Balazs Hantos
A young shepherd: Zita Varadi / Emoke Barath
Conductor: György G. Rath / Adam Medveczky
Director: Miklos Szinetar
Set Designs: Sandor Kecskemeti
Costumes: Judit Schäffer

Website

Das Meininger Theater
4(m), 10 March, 1 July 2012

Cast:
Tannhäuser: Hans-Georg Priese
Elisabeth: Bettine Kampp
Venus: Alla Perchikova
Wolfram: Dae-Hee Shin
Herrmann: Dominik Nekel
Walther von der Vogelweide: Jacques Le Roux
Biterolf: Roland Hartmann
Heinrich der Schreiber Stan Meus
Reinmar von Zweter: Calin-Valentin Cozma
A young shepherd: Sybille Sachs
Conductor: Hans Urbanek
Director: Ansgar Haag
Set Designs: Kerstin Jacobssen
Costumes: Stephanie Geiger

Website

Vienna State Opera
18, 21, 25 March 2012

Cast:

Tannhäuser: Stephen Gould / Peter Seiffert
Elisabeth: Anne Schwanewilms / Petra Maria Schnitzer
Venus: Iréne Theorin
Wolfram: Matthias Goerne / Ludovic Tézier
Herrmann: Sorin Coliban / Andreas Hörl
Walther von der Vogelweide: Herbert Lippert
Biterolf: Alexandru Moisiuc
Heinrich der Schreiber: Peter Jelosits
Reinmar von Zweter: Il Hong
A young shepherd: Ileana Tonca
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst / Bertrand de Billy
Director: Claus Guth
Set Designs: Christian Schmidt
Costumes: Christian Schmidt
Lighting: Olaf Freese
Website

Tokyo Opera Nomori
5, 8 April 2012

Cast:

Tannhäuser: Stephen Gould
Elisabeth: Petra Maria Schnitzer
Venus: Elisabeth Kulman
Wolfram: Markus Eiche
Herrmann: Ain Anger
Walther von der Vogelweide: Gergely Nemeti
Biterolf: In-Sung Sim
Conductor: Adam Fischer
Website

Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse
17(m), 22, 24(m), 26, 29 June 2012

Cast:

Tannhäuser: Peter Seiffert / Torsten Kerl
Elisabeth: Petra Maria Schnitzer
Venus: Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet
Wolfram: Lucas Meachem
Herrmann: Christof Fischesser
Walther von der Vogelweide: Maxim Paster
Biterolf: Andreas Bauer
Heinrich der Schreiber: Paul Kaufmann
Reinmar von Zweter: Richard Wiegold
A young shepherd: Anna Schöck
Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen
Director: Christian Rizzo
Set Designs: Frédéric Casanova
Costumes: Michaela Bürger
Lighting: Catherine Olive
Website


Bayreuth Festival
28 July, 3, 9, 15, 21, 27 August 2012

Cast:

Tannhäuser: Lars Cleveman
Elisabeth: Camilla Nylund
Venus: Michelle Breedt
Wolfram von Eschenbach : Michael Nagy
Walther von der Vogelweide: Lothar Odinius
Biterolf : Thomas Jesatko
Heinrich der Schreiber : Arnold Bezuyen
Reinmar von Zweter : Martin Snell
Ein junger Hirt : Katja Stuber
Landgraf Hermann : Günther Groissböck
Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock
Director: Sebastian Baumgarten
Set Designs: Joep van Lieshout
Costumes: Nina von Mechow
Lighting: Franck Evin
Website

El Teatro Municipal de Santiago
5, 9, 13, 16 and 18 August 2012

Cast

Tannhauser: Frank Van Aken
Elisabeth: Eva-Maria Westbrook
Venus: Natascha Petrinsky
Herman: Andreas Baur
Wolfram: Markus Marquardt
Conductor: Rani Calderon
Director: Michael Hempe
Lighting: Ramon Lopez
Website


The Wagnerian: Performances of Tannhäuser 2012 - an incomplete listing

Performances of Tristan und Isolde 2012 - an incomplete listing

Another entry in our "Incomplete series", this time the Wagnerian's incomplete listing of Tristan and Isolde performances 2012. There are performances missing from this list and I have excluded any where the house concerned has not made a full cast list easily available. As this information does become available I will try to add these. Equally, if you have any information on any that I have missed please let me know.
As always: All details are open to change so please consult the official websites of each house. The Wagnerian, takes no responsibility for any such changes or inaccuracies herein

Aalto Musiktheater Essen
29 January, 5, 12 February 2012

Cast

Tristan: Jeffrey Dowd
Isolde: Evelyn Herlitzius
Kurwenal: Heiko Trinsinger
Brangäne: Michaela Selinger
Ein Hirt: Albrecht Kludszuweit
Conductor: Stefan Soltesz
Director: Barrie Kosky
Set Designs: Klaus Grünberg
Costumes: Alfred Mayerhofer
Lighting: Klaus Grünberg

Website

The Dallas Opera
(Semi staged)
16, 19(m), 22, 25 February 2012

Cast

Tristan: Clifton Forbis
Isolde: Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet
König Marke: Kristinn Sigmundsson
Kurwenal: Jukka Rasilainen
Brangäne: Elizabeth Bishop
Ein Hirt: Aaron Blake
Ein Junger Seemann: Aaron Blake
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Director: Christian Räth

Website


Deutsche Oper Berlin
19, 25 February 2012

Cast

Tristan: Peter Seiffert
Isolde: Petra Maria Schnitzer
König Marke: Liang Li
Kurwenal: Boaz Daniel
Melot: Jörg Schörner
Brangäne:Ekaterina Gubanova
Ein Hirt: Peter Maus
Ein Steuermann: Krzysztof Szumanski
Ein Junger Seemann: Clemens Bieber
Conductor: Donald Runnicles
Director: Graham Vick
Set Designs: Paul Brown
Costumes:Paul Brown
Lighting: Wolfgang Göbbel

Website


Symphony Hall, Birmingham
3 March 2012

Cast:
Tristan: Torsten Kerl
Isolde: Lioba Braun
King Marke: Matthew Best
Brangäne: Christianne Stotijn
Kurwenal: Brett Polegato
Melot / Shepherd: Ben Johnson
Sailor / Helmsman: Benedict Nelson
Men of the CBSO Chorus
conductor: Andris Nelsons
Website

Den Norske Opera
4, 8, 12, 18, 21, 24, 28, 31 March 2012

Cast:

Tristan: Gary Lehman
Isolde: Karen Foster
König Marke: Magne Fremmerlid
Melot: Svein Erik Sagbråten
Brangäne: Tuija Knihtilä
Ein Hirt: Brenden Gunnell
Ein Junger Seemann: Daniel Johansson / Brenden Gunnell
Conductor: John Fiore
Director: Daniel Slater
Set Designs: Robert Innes Hopkins
Costumes: Robert Innes Hopkins

Website

Staatsoper Berlin
10, 18, 25 March 2012

Cast:

Tristan: Ian Storey
Isolde: Waltraud Meier
König Marke: René Pape
Kurwenal: Roman Trekel
Brangäne: Ekaterina Gubanova
Ein Hirt: Florian Hoffmann
Ein Steuermann: Arttu Kataja
Ein Junger Seemann: Florian Hoffmann
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Director: Harry Kupfer
Set Designs: Hans Schavernoch
Costumes:Buki Shiff
Website


Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Concert performance

11 March 2012

Cast

Tristan: Torsten Kerl
Isolde: Lioba Braun
König Marke: Matthew Best
Kurwenal: Brett Polegato
Melot: Ben Johnson
Brangäne: Christianne Stotijn
Ein Hirt: Ben Johnson
Ein Steuermann: Benedict Nelson
Ein Junger Seemann: Benedict Nelson
Conductor: Andris Nelsons
Website

Opéra de Nice
3, 6, 8(m), 11 April 2012

Cast

Tristan: Jon Fredric West
Isolde: Catherine Foster
König Marke: Matti Salminen
Kurwenal: Jukka Rasilainen
Melot: Clemens Unterreiner
Brangäne: Andrea Baker
Ein Hirt: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Ein Junger Seemann: Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Conductor: Philippe Auguin
Director: Hans-Peter Lehmann
Website



Welsh National Opera
19, 26 May, 2, 16 June 2012

Cast:

Tristan: Jay Hunter Morris
Isolde: Ann Petersen
König Marke: Matthew Best
Kurwenal: Phillip Joll
Melot: Simon Thorpe
Brangäne: Susan Bickley
Conductor: Lothar Koenigs
Director: Yannis Kokkos
Set Designs: Yannis Kokkos
Costumes: Yannis Kokkos
Lighting: Guido Levi
Website


Hamburg State Opera
28, 31 May, 3 June 2012

Cast:

Tristan: Christian Franz
Isolde: Linda Watson
König Marke: Peter Rose
Kurwenal: Boaz Daniel
Melot: Moritz Gogg
Brangäne: Katja Pieweck
Ein Hirt: Jun-Sang Han
Ein Steuermann: Levente Pall
Ein Junger Seemann: Jun-Sang Han
Conductor: Simone Young
Director: Ruth Berghaus
Set Designs: Hans Dieter Schaal
Costumes: Marie-Luise Strandt
Website


Bayreuth Festival
26 July, 1, 7, 14, 20, 26 August 2012

Cast

Tristan: Robert Dean Smith
Isolde: Iréne Theorin
Marke: Robert Holl
Kurwenal: Jukka Rasilainen
Melot: Ralf Lukas
Brangäne: Michelle Breedt
Junger Seemann: Clemens Bieber
Ein Hirt: Arnold Bezuyen
Ein Steuermann: Martin Snell
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Director: Christoph Marthaler
Set Designs: Anna Viebrock:
Costumes: Anna Viebrock
Website
The Wagnerian: Performances of Tristan und Isolde 2012 - an incomplete listing