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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

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