Birgit Nilsson
Isolde
Search results
Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg.
Tristan and Isolde, principal characters of a famous medieval love-romance, based on a Celtic legend (itself based on an actual Pictish king). Though the archetypal poem from which all extant forms of the legend are derived has not been preserved, a comparison of the early versions yields an idea.
We tell the story of Wagner's opera, Tristan und Isolde, based on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg.
Oct 31, 2023 · Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) is an opera in 3 acts by the composer Richard Wagner. First performed in 1865, Tristan and Isolde is one of Wagner’s best loved operas. Based on a medieval legend, it’s a romantic tragedy of love and death, told through sublime music.
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90 (Wagner, Richard) Movements/Sections. 3 acts. Composition Year. 1857-59. Genre Categories. Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Related Works.
0:00 Intro1:19 Prelude12:21 ACT I - Westwärts schweift der Blick... 13:33 Wer wagt mich zu höhnen?18:29 Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu... 19:13 Mir erkor...
Overview. Following her blazing performances as Brünnhilde in the Met’s Ring cycle in 2019, Christine Goerke scales another of Wagner’s soprano peaks, starring opposite heroic tenor Stuart Skelton in Mariusz Treliński’s intriguing staging of one of the greatest love stories ever told.
