A seminal work from Wagner that contains some glorious music... Set between the erotic realm (well as erotic as you could be in the mid-19th century) of Venusburg and the medieval formality of Wartburg, there is a ballet for cavorting nymphs and a medieval song contest amongst other things... Some really splendid music, such as "Dich, tuere Halle" and the Pilgrim's Chorus but the opera never reaches the heights of Wagner's later creations...
Here is the Metropolitan Opera's 2015 revival
starring Johan Botha and Eva-Maria Westbroek...
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