Tristan und Isolde
Overview
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king. The composer’s larger-than-life sensibilities are on full display throughout the score: Along with intoxicating orchestral music that surges in tandem with the couple’s burgeoning passion and a chord left symbolically unresolved until the last moments of the opera, the opera also features one of the repertory’s most soaring and ecstatic final climaxes, as Isolde surrenders to a love so powerful that she transcends life itself.
Release date
18/12/1999
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Ben Heppner
Tristan
Jane Eaglen
Isolde
Katarina Dalayman
Brangäne
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
Kurwenal
René Pape
King Marke
James Levine
Self - Conductor
Brian Davis
Melot
Anthony Dean Griffey
A Sailor's Voice
Mark Schowalter
A Sheperd
James Courtney
Steersman
MET Orchestra
Original Soundtrack
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