Tannhäuser
The premiere of Tannhäuser was on 19 October 1845 in Dresden, and Richard Wagner conducted. Although the premiere was an artistic disaster, Tannhäuser soon became a popular opera to produce for the smaller theatres in Germany. Unfortunately this was more an artistic than financial success for Wagner, since he was paid only a very small sum for the entire run.
Tannhäuser was produced in the following cities the first years after the world premiere on 19 October 1845
| 1849 | Weimar (Franz Liszt) |
| 1852 | Schwerin Breslau Wiesbaden |
| 1853 | Leipzig Kassel Posen |
| 1855 | Hannover Karlsruhe Zürich (two performances conducted by Wagner) München |
| 1856 | Berlin |