
Tristan und Isolde (1999)
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.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | de |
Popularity | 0.037 |
Directed By
Brian Large
Crew
Brian Large
Richard Wagner
James Levine
Dieter Dorn
Jürgen Rose
Jürgen Rose
Max Keller
Hans-Joachim Ruckhäberle
Joseph Volpe
James Levine
Magda Szayer
Victor Callegari
William Malloy
Sylvia Nolan
Louisa Briccetti
Susan Erben
Victoria Warivonchik
Jay David Saks
Ron Washburn
Bill King
TOP CAST
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