Tannhäuser

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
Translated by Oliver Huckel (1864 - 1940)

The legend of Tannhäuser, the Minstrel Knight who, having betrayed his love for the virtuous Elizabeth by dallying in the Venusberg, reveals his sins during a song contest and is forced to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome to seek absolution from the Pope.

The text of Richard Wagner's opera is here freely translated as a dramatic poem. - Summary by Alan Mapstone

Genre(s): Epics

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Part 1: In the Hill of Venus Alan Mapstone
00:06:30
Play 02 Part 1 Scene 2 Alan Mapstone
00:05:58
Play 03 Part 1 Scene 3 Alan Mapstone
00:05:58
Play 04 Part 1 Scene 4 Alan Mapstone
00:05:05
Play 05 Part 1 Scene 5 Alan Mapstone
00:05:58
Play 06 Part 1 Scene 6 Alan Mapstone
00:05:17
Play 07 Part 1 Finale Alan Mapstone
00:05:33
Play 08 Part 2: The Tournament of Song Alan Mapstone
00:04:00
Play 09 Part 2 Scene 2 Alan Mapstone
00:07:00
Play 10 Part 2 Scene 3 Alan Mapstone
00:02:34
Play 11 Part 2 Scene 4 Alan Mapstone
00:06:36
Play 12 Part 2 Scene 5 Alan Mapstone
00:07:11
Play 13 Part 2 Scene 6 Alan Mapstone
00:05:17
Play 14 Part 2 Scene 7 Alan Mapstone
00:05:41
Play 15 Part 2 Finale Alan Mapstone
00:05:52
Play 16 Part 3: The Pope's Pardon Alan Mapstone
00:05:28
Play 17 Part 3 Scene 2 Alan Mapstone
00:05:12
Play 18 Part 3 Scene 3 Alan Mapstone
00:04:07
Play 19 Part 3 Scene 4 Alan Mapstone
00:06:59
Play 20 Part 3 Scene 5 Alan Mapstone
00:07:21
Play 21 Part 3 Conclusion Alan Mapstone
00:03:39