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  1. Tristan and Iseult, also known as Tristan and Isolde and other names, is a medieval chivalric romance told in numerous variations since the 12th century. [1] Based on a Celtic legend and possibly other sources, the tale is a tragedy about the illicit love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult in the days of King Arthur.

  2. Isolde also called: Iseult, Isolt, or Yseult. Tristan and Isolde, illustration by N.C. Wyeth in The Boy's King Arthur, 1917. 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 ...

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  3. Tristan is a prince whose mother is the sister of the King, Mark. Both of his parents died when he was young, and he was raised by Gorvenal to be a gifted swordsman and musician (Tristan became an accomplished harp-player). Isolde, meanwhile, is a princess, the King of Ireland’s daughter. She is beautiful and fair-haired and admired far and ...

  4. Tristan und Isolde. 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. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater ...

  5. Tristan & Isolde is a 2006 epic romantic drama film directed by Kevin Reynolds and written by Dean Georgaris based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Isolde. Produced by Ridley Scott (who had been working on an adaptation since the mid-1970s) and Tony Scott, the film stars James Franco and Sophia Myles, alongside a supporting cast ...

  6. Tristan and Isolde, Lovers in a medieval romance based on Celtic legend. The hero Tristan goes to Ireland to ask the hand of the princess Isolde for his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. On their return the two mistakenly drink a love potion prepared for the king and fall deeply in love. After many adventures, they make peace with Mark, who marries ...

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  8. 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. From the opening bars of the prelude, with its famous ‘Tristan ...

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