Tannhäuser

American  

[tan-hoi-zer, -hou-, tahn-hoi-zuhr] / ˈtænˌhɔɪ zər, -ˌhaʊ-, ˈtɑnˌhɔɪ zər /

noun

1. a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.

2. (italics) an opera (1845) by Richard Wagner.

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Tannhäuser British  

/ ˈtænˌhɔɪzə /

noun

1. 13th-century German minnesinger, commonly identified with a legendary knight who sought papal absolution after years spent in revelry with Venus. The legend forms the basis of an opera by Wagner

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Example Sentences

And soprano Lise Davidsen captivated the hall with the rich beauty of her voice, as she reprised the aria that propelled her to fame in 2015: Dich, teure halle, from Wagner's opera Tannhäuser.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

By this point he had become a gripping, convincing Tannhäuser.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2021

The following year, she made her operatic debut at Berlin’s Deutsche Oper as Elisabeth in Wagner’s Tannhäuser.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2019

“Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 24, 2019

"She cannot say that I ever sang her praises," laughed Tannhäuser, and as he faced the audience with Elizabeth there was a hum which modulated clamorously into noisy applause.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James