| Production | ||
| Company | Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus | |
| Conductor | James Levine | |
| Chorus Master | David Stivender | |
| Choreographer | Norbert Vesak | |
| Cast | ||
| Tannhäuser | Richard Cassilly | |
| Elizabeth | Eva Marton | |
| Venus | Tatiana Troyanos | |
| Wolfram | Bernd Weikl | |
| Comments | |
| This production of Tannhäuser is distinctive in its use of lush, realistic stage sets, with a special emphasis on the sensuality of the Venusberg. | |