Venusberg
Americannoun
noun
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Visconti’s film is primarily nocturnal, or shot in rooms with closed curtains and, in one case, an artificial grotto inspired by the “Tannhäuser” Venusberg.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2021
He composed a bacchanal for the opening scene in the Venusberg - the only place in the opera where dancing made sense.
From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2015
George Szell's "Tannhaeuser" from 1954 shows interesting tempi choices in the overture, which includes a sudden speedup in the Venusberg theme.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2013
The phrase is later associated with pilgrims singing of "the burden of sin", but in the Venusberg its component parts, now sundered, are also identified with the limitless expression of desire.
From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2010
"Only in the Venusberg can one experience the joys of true love," he shouts; the ladies rush out in terror, leaving only Elisabeth; the men attack Tannhäuser.
From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.
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