Tannhäuser
Gelesen von Alan Mapstone
Richard Wagner
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)