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Design Notes: Tannhauser

Design Notes: Tannhauser

Posted by Cindy Battisti on 09 18 2015

I’m not sure at what point in my opera journey I first read the synopsis of Tannhauser, but it could go right back to a book of Wagner Librettos I bought at a library sale for $1 about 20 years ago.

I wasn’t even an opera fan then, just a student of mythology and I wanted to read The Ring and the Arthurian pieces. But I thumbed thru them all and that image of leaves sprouting from the Pope’s old wooden staff has stuck with me. As ITannhauser detailstarted my business every time I saw leaf beads I thought: Tannhauser!

This is a tale of big emotions: love, devotion, temptation and redemption. But in the end we relate to these legendary characters because it’s also about unrequited love, disappointment and just not being satisfied.

I represented the different women/kinds of love between which Tannhauser is pulled by including red hearts(sensual love) and clear hearts for pure, spiritual love. Bright green glass leaves represent the leaves - the “miracle of mercy”. Charms evoke Venus and Elizabeth while a large gold leaf charm completes the bracelet. Please visit the product page to see all the photos and details of the Tannhauser’s Redemption Bracelet.

The Tannhauser's Redemption Bracelet

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