"O, du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser by R. Wagner | Wolfram's Aria | Lucas Meachem

I'm greatly missing the stage tonight and I wouldn't normally post this video but the longing I have for performing is like a distant star. Please enjoy this selection that comes from my entire artistic being. O you, my fair evening star (translated from German) Dusk covers the land like a premonition of death, Wraps the valley in her dark mantle; The soul that longs for those heights Dreads to take its dark and awful flight. Then you appear, O loveliest of stars, And shed your gentle light from afar; Your sweet glow cleaves the twilight gloom, And as a friend you show the way out of the valley. O you, my fair evening star, Gladly have I always greeted you: Greet her, from the depths of this heart, Which has never betrayed her, Greet her, when she passes, When she soars above this mortal vale To become a holy angel there! Irina Meachem, piano Courtesy of Tequila Cultural Festival