A key theme is the difference between sacred and profane love and redemption through love, something typical in the composer's later work.
The Paris version of it has a ballet added, and the goddess appears on stage at the end. A key theme is the difference between sacred and profane love and redemption through love, something typical in the composer's later work. It is based on two legends of the title figure: a knight and poet who found the Venusburg and spent a year there worshipping the goddess, and a song contest at Wartburg. FTP, identify this Wagner opera about the love between Elizabeth and the title German troubadour.
The Paris version of it has a ballet added, and the goddess appears on stage at the end.
{Tannhäuser}