Tristan und Isolde

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Tristan und Isolde (1999)

Directed by Brian Large

Music, Drama · 3h 58m

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.

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Cast

Ben Heppner Tristan Jane Eaglen Isolde Hans-Joachim Ketelsen Kurwenal Katarina Dalayman Brangäne René Pape King Marke
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Brian Davis Melot
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Anthony Dean Griffey A Sailor's Voice Mark Schowalter A Sheperd James Courtney Steersman James Levine Self - Conductor MET Orchestra

Crew

Director
Brian Large
Writer
Richard Wagner
Original Music Composer
Richard Wagner
Producer
Louisa Briccetti, Susan Erben

Details

Release date
1999-12-18
Runtime
3h 58m
Genres
Music, Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
United States of America
Production
Unitel, The Metropolitan Opera