The Paris premiere of this opera provoked jeering from the Jockey Club due to the Act I ballet, leading the composer to ban all further Paris performances.
The second act of this opera climaxes in a septet describing an angel's descent from heaven. The Paris premiere of this opera provoked jeering from the Jockey Club due to the Act I ballet, leading the composer to ban all further Paris performances. In the first act of this opera the central character's prayers cause a mountain to vanish right before he silently watches a procession of pilgrims. The soprano rejoices at the return of her lover in the aria "Dich, teure halle," while later another character expresses his love for her in the "Song of the Evening Star." In the final act of this opera the tenor learns that the Pope's staff has blossomed indicating he has been granted absolution by God. The title character of this opera loses the Wurtburg singing contest to Wolfram von Eschenbach, who wins the hand of his true love Elisabeth. For 10 points, name this opera beginning when the title poet escapes from the love palace Venusberg, composed by Richard Wagner.
The second act of this opera climaxes in a septet describing an angel's descent from heaven.
{Tannhäuser}