Tannhäuser réhabilité (IV) – « La quatrième » devant la presse parisienne – les décors et la mise en scene

Abstract

Tannhäuser rehabilitted (IV) – « La quatrième »’s image in the parisian press – the decor and the staging The article is devoted to the presentation of various aspects of the Tannhäuser’s fourth performance on the Parisian stage on May 13th, 1895, conducted by Paul Taffanel and directed by Alexander Lapissida. The author, following the reviews that appeared in many Parisian journals after this performance, describes the most characteristic elements of the scenery made by Dauphin Amable Petit, known as Amable (the first tableau of the first act), Marcel Jambon (the second tableau of the first act and the third act) and Eugène Carpezat (the second act). All the reviewers underlined the enthusiastic reactions of the audience that were not only provoked by the brilliant interpretation of the Wagner’s opera by the artists in 1895 but first off all by its intention to efface the compromising recollections of the Parisian Tannhäuser’s premiere in 1861.