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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, loosely based on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg.
Jan 4, 2017 · Instrumentation: 3 flutes, 3 oboes, 3 clarinets, 3 bassoons; 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; strings; percussion. Performance time: 1 hour, 4 minutes. Background. Wagner’s impact was transformative not just in opera or in classical music, but throughout the arts.
Isolde has been captured by Tristan, who is delivering her as a trophy to his uncle, King Marke. She seeks death for them both, but when her maid swaps out the intended poison with a love potion, so begins an epic romance.
Isolde, the Irish princess who is being transported to Cornwall to marry its king, Marke, is confined to what passes for a stateroom, with a dingy couch and makeshift pantry.
Tristan is bringing the Irish princess Isolde to Cornwall to be married to his uncle, King Marke. The voice of a young sailor is heard, pining for his Irish maiden. Isolde complains to her maidservant, Brangäne, that Tristan is ignoring her, and sends Brangäne to ask Tristan to come to her.
Premiering in 1865, Richard Wagner's influential opera Tristan und Isolde depicts Tristan as a doomed romantic figure, while Isolde fulfills Wagner's quintessential feminine role as the redeeming woman. Swiss composer Frank Martin wrote the chamber opera, intended as an oratorio, Le Vin herbé between 1938 and 1940. [33]
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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.
