This video of Wagners Tannhäuser at the 1978 Bayreuth Festival makes for an outstanding DVD. The Festivals staging, by Götz Friedrich, is simplicity itself: a dish platform with a minimum of clutter, vaguely medieval costumes, and atmospheric lighting delineate the narrative of the eponymous errant knight whose soul is saved by the prayers of a pure woman who loves him. Wagner ...$Venus or Maria,爱欲能否圣洁似乎天上地下又似乎一念之间?也许19世纪永远都是中世纪最伟大的继承者,也许浪漫主义失败的并非浪漫,而是信仰被简化为主义以掩盖人的懒惰而已。如果第二幕像是一场基督教的会饮,那么海因里希也许正是会唱歌的阿伯拉尔,伊丽莎白也许只是未失身的爱洛伊斯;如果罗马朝圣略显讽刺,那么第三幕开头长达8分钟的无声祈祷,也许正是但丁从Boniface VIII走向Beatric...