Meeting Venus
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.
Cast
Niels Arestrup
Zoltan Szanto
René Kollo
Tannhäuser (Tannhäuser highlights performed by)
Waltraud Meier
Venus (Tannhäuser highlights performed by)
Renate Spingler
A young shepherd (Tannhäuser highlights perfomed by)
Matthias Hölle
The Landgrave (Tannhäuser highlights performed by)
Kim Begley
Walther von der Vogelweide (Tannhäuser highlights performed by)
Robin Leggate
Heinrich der Schreiber (Tannhäuser highlights performed by)