[Met Performance] CID:255000
Tannhäuser {403} Metropolitan Opera House: 09/18/1978.

(Opening Night {94}
Anthony A. Bliss, General Manager
Debuts: Kurt Moll, Richard Kness, Kenneth Anderson)


Metropolitan Opera House
September 18, 1978
Opening Night {94}

Anthony A. Bliss, General Director


TANNHÄUSER {403}
Wagner-Wagner

Tannhäuser..............Richard Cassilly
Elisabeth...............Teresa Zylis-Gara
Wolfram.................Bernd Weikl
Venus...................Tatiana Troyanos
Hermann.................Kurt Moll [Debut]
Walther.................Richard Kness [Debut]
Heinrich................Charles Anthony
Biterolf................Vern Shinall
Reinmar.................John Cheek
Shepherd................Kathleen Battle
Page....................Robert Sapolsky
Page....................Godehard Rau
Page....................Kenneth Anderson [Debut]
Page....................Mark Freiman
Page....................Gerard Hecht
Page....................Joseph Quinto
Page....................Scott Rigby
Page....................Daniel Tramontozzi

Conductor...............James Levine

Production..............Otto Schenk
Staged by...............Phebe Berkowitz
Set designer............Günther Schneider-Siemssen
Costume designer........Patricia Zipprodt
Lighting designer.......Gil Wechsler
Choreographer...........Norbert Vesak

Tannhäuser received fifteen performances this season.

[The Paris version was performed.]


Added Index Entries for Subjects and Names

Subjects:
• 1978-79
• Tannhäuser: Conductor [Levine, James]
• Tannhäuser: Tannhäuser [Cassilly, Richard]
• Tannhäuser: Elisabeth [Zylis-Gara, Teresa]
• Tannhäuser: Wolfram [Weikl, Bernd]
• Tannhäuser: Venus [Troyanos, Tatiana]
• Tannhäuser: Hermann [Moll, Kurt]
• Tannhäuser: Walther [Kness, Richard]
• Tannhäuser: Heinrich [Anthony, Charles]
• Tannhäuser: Biterolf [Shinall, Vern]
• Tannhäuser: Reinmar [Cheek, John]
• Tannhäuser: Shepherd [Battle, Kathleen]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Sapolsky, Robert]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Rau, Godehard]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Anderson, Kenneth]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Freiman, Mark]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Hecht, Gerard]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Quinto, Joseph]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Rigby, Scott]
• Tannhäuser: Page [Tramontozzi, Daniel]
• Tannhäuser: Production [Schenk, Otto]
• Tannhäuser: Choreographer [Vesak, Norbert]
• Tannhäuser: Set Designer [Schneider-Siemssen, Günther]
• Tannhäuser: Costume Designer [Zipprodt, Patricia]
• Tannhäuser: Lighting Designer [Wechsler, Gil]
• Tannhäuser: Stage Director [Berkowitz, Phebe]
• 1978-79: General Manager (Executive Director): Anthony A. Bliss
• Bliss, Anthony A.: General Manager (Executive Director): 1978-79
• 1978-79: Tannhäuser: 15 performances: Statistics
Met Careers
• Anderson, Kenneth [Child, Male]
• Anthony, Charles [Tenor]
• Battle, Kathleen [Soprano]
• Berkowitz, Phebe [Stage Director]
• Bliss, Anthony A. [General Manager]
• Cassilly, Richard [Tenor]
• Cheek, John [Bass]
• Freiman, Mark [Child, Male]
• General Manager [Bliss, Anthony A.]
• Hecht, Gerard [Child, Male]
• Kness, Richard [Tenor]
• Levine, James [Conductor]
• Moll, Kurt [Bass]
• Quinto, Joseph [Child, Male]
• Rau, Godehard [Child, Male]
• Rigby, Scott [Child, Male]
• Sapolsky, Robert [Child, Male]
• Shinall, Vern [Baritone]
• Tramontozzi, Daniel [Child, Male]
• Troyanos, Tatiana [Mezzo Soprano]
• Weikl, Bernd [Baritone]
• Zylis-Gara, Teresa [Soprano]