Tristan und Isolde (1999)
Synopsis
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: 1999-12-18
Runtime: 238 minutes
Director: Brian Large
Top Cast
- Ben Heppner as Tristan
- Jane Eaglen as Isolde
- Katarina Dalayman as Brangäne
- Hans-Joachim Ketelsen as Kurwenal
- René Pape as King Marke
- James Levine as Self - Conductor
- Brian Davis as Melot
- Anthony Dean Griffey as A Sailor's Voice
- Mark Schowalter as A Sheperd
- James Courtney as Steersman
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