With a change of conductor, and other cast changes, Bayreuth has "pulled out the big guns" in an effort - some have argued - to save Sebastian Baumgarten's Tannhauser, Whatever you might think of the production, with the changes noted, this is certainly a performance that you want to listen to. While the performance is presently live as I type you can - if you have already missed the beginning - click the link below and, courtesy of Bartok Radio, listen from the beginning. You will then be able to hear "on demand" for sometime after.
| Musikalische Leitung | Christian Thielemann | |
| Regie | Sebastian Baumgarten | |
| Bühnenbild | Joep van Lieshout | |
| Kostüme | Nina von Mechow | |
| Licht | Franck Evin | |
| Video | Christopher Kondek | |
| Dramaturgie | Carl Hegemann | |
| Chorleitung | Eberhard Friedrich | |
| Landgraf Hermann | Günther Groissböck | |
| Tannhäuser | Torsten Kerl | |
| Wolfram von Eschenbach | Michael Nagy | |
| Walther von der Vogelweide | Lothar Odinius | |
| Biterolf | Thomas Jesatko | |
| Heinrich der Schreiber | Arnold Bezuyen | |
| Reinmar von Zweter | Martin Snell | |
| Elisabeth, Nichte des Landgrafen | Camilla Nylund | |
| Venus | Michelle Breedt | |
| Ein junger Hirt | Katja Stuber | |
