OPERA NIGHT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT

Following his heroic performance as Siegfried in the Met’s 2019 Ring cycle, dashing Austrian tenor Andreas Schager returns as the knight Tannhauser in Wagner’s ravishing opera of love, lust and redemption. Soprano Elza van den Heever is the pure and virtuous princess Elisabeth, alongside mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova as the tempting goddess of love, Venus. Maestro Donald Runnicles takes the podium for Otto Schenk’s classic production, which also features baritone Christian Gerhaher in his Met debut as Tannhauser’s companion knight Wolfram and bass Georg Zeppenfeld as Landgraf Hermann.

RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 23rd December, 7pm-11.30pm

Tannhauser _ photo by Marty Sohl Metropolitan Opera.