Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg

Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg ("Tannhäuser and the Minnesingers' Contest at Wartburg") is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1813-1883)[1].

Widely known simply as Tannhäuser.

The original text

First performed on 19 October 1845 in the Königliches Hoftheater, Dresden.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1899: Performed and taken on a tour the South African cities and towns by the visiting Arthur Rousbey Grand English Opera Company, under the management of Frank de Jong and Herbert Flemming, appearing in Cape Town's Opera House in the second half of the year.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.406-7,

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