Overture: Tannhäuser (1926) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1926 · 10 mins · English

Directed by

Edwin B. DuPar

Starring

Henry Hadley

Henry Hadley (1871‑1937) leads the New York Philharmonic in a performance of Wagner’s Tannhäuser overture. The film uses two cameras: a fixed shot that captures Hadley and the full ensemble of over 80 tuxedoed musicians, and a modestly panning camera that moves closer to highlight roughly fifteen players at a time. The early talkie contains no spoken dialogue.