Overture to Tannhauser vs Richard Wagner über Tristan und Isolde: Which Should You Read?

Overture to Tannhauser Richard Wagner · 1800 39 pages · ≈ 43 min · Challenging

Tannhäuser (; full title , "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts, with music and text by Richard Wagner (WWV 70 in the catalogue of the composers works). It is based on…

Richard Wagner über Tristan und Isolde Richard Wagner · 1800 87 pages · ≈ 1 h 37 m · Challenging

This libretto contains the original German text and an English translation of the opera by Richard Wagner. It tells the story of a princess who is forced into an arranged marriage with a king, but has fallen in love…