Wagner's Tannhäuser was first performed in Dresden #OTD in 1845. This is one of its great performances, a 1939 broadcast from the Met, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf, with Kirsten Flagstad, Rose Pauly, Eyvind Laholm, Herbert Janssen and Emmanuel List. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sZrHniLL2I #Wagner #Tannhäuser