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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.
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.
We tell the story of Wagner's opera, Tristan und Isolde, based on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg.
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...
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The prelude sweeps the listener into an ecstatic yet tortuous world of longing, and the vocal parts are of unique stature. The opera culminates in Isolde’s famous final aria, “Mild und leise,” with a final octave leap that concludes this unique musical-dramatic journey.
Against her will, Isolde is being delivered across the sea by the knight Tristan to the court of King Marke of Cornwall, whom she is to marry. Angered by a sailor’s mocking song about a wild Irish maid, Isolde sends her servant Brangäne to summon Tristan.
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In the daunting title roles of the doomed lovers, Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton are passionate, overwhelming, and heartbreaking as they battle every obstacle that separates them from their true destiny. René Pape is King Marke, betrayed not only by Isolde but by Tristan, the man he most trusts and loves like a son.
