Staged as part of global celebrations of Wagner’s bicentennial, the Tannh嶳er opera will make its Albania premiere on Saturday November 23, and be performed on November 24 and 25 at the National Theater of Opera and Ballet in Tirana
TIRANA, Nov. 21 – Having been a forbidden composer during Albania’s communist regime, and unable to have any of its masterpieces performed during the past two decades, Wagner will make his Albania debut this weekend in Tirana with one of his masterpieces, the Tannh嶳er opera. Staged as part of global celebrations of Wagner’s bicentennial, the opera will make its Albania premiere on Saturday November 23, and be performed on November 24 and 25 at the National Theater of Opera and Ballet in Tirana.
American tenor Roy Stevens who last year masterfully performed in the Skanderbeg opera ahead of Albania’s centenary of independence will be back in Albania to perform in Wagner’s Tannh嶳er in a show featuring a mostly U.S cast of singers and musicians. Stevens was selected to perform the lead role of Skanderbeg in the opera composed by Prenk Jakova on the national hero’s 500th death anniversary in 1968 last June.
Tenor Roy Stevens, sopranos Annalisa Winberg, Carolina Stevens and Richard Goodman, baritone all accompanied by Jonathan Khuner will be performing in Wagner’s first Albanian birthday concert. This concert will feature music from Tannh嶳er, Die Walk
