voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Minnesingers
- Tannhäuser (tenor)
Wolfram von Eschenbach (baritone)
Walther von der Vogelweide (tenor)
Biterolf (bass)
Heinrich der Schreiber (tenor)
Reinmar von Zweter (bass)
- Other Voices
- Elisabeth, the Landgrave's niece (soprano)
Venus (soprano or mezzo)
Hermann, Landgrave of Thuringia (bass)
A young shepherd (soprano)
Four noble pages (sopranos, altos)
- Chorus (SATB)
- Nobles, knights, ladies, pilgrims, sirens, naiads, nymphs, bacchants (Dresden version)
The three graces, youths, cupids, satyrs, and fauns (Paris version)
- Orchestra
- 3 flutes (3rd also piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, bass drum, castenets, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, harp, strings (16, 16, 12, 12, 8)
- Onstage Instruments
- 4 oboes, English horn, 6 clarinets, 4 bassoons
12 horns, 12 trumpets, 4 trombones
snare drum, cymbals, tambourine