Tannhäuser
Richard Wagner
Read by Alan Mapstone
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 (1 hr 57 min)
Chapters
| Part 1: In the Hill of Venus | 6:30 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 1 Scene 2 | 5:58 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 1 Scene 3 | 5:58 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 1 Scene 4 | 5:05 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 1 Scene 5 | 5:58 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 1 Scene 6 | 5:17 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 1 Finale | 5:33 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2: The Tournament of Song | 4:00 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Scene 2 | 7:00 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Scene 3 | 2:34 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Scene 4 | 6:36 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Scene 5 | 7:11 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Scene 6 | 5:17 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Scene 7 | 5:41 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 2 Finale | 5:52 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 3: The Pope's Pardon | 5:28 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 3 Scene 2 | 5:12 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 3 Scene 3 | 4:07 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 3 Scene 4 | 6:59 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 3 Scene 5 | 7:21 | Read by Alan Mapstone |
| Part 3 Conclusion | 3:39 | Read by Alan Mapstone |