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- Widely acknowledged as a pinnacle of the operatic repertoire, Tristan was notable for Wagner's unprecedented use of chromaticism, tonal ambiguity, orchestral colour, and harmonic suspension.
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Aug 14, 2019 · What makes 'Tristan und Isolde' so special? Stuart Skelton, the world's greatest Wagnerian, tells us his favourite moments of this great opera.
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One of the key elements of the story of Tristan and Isolde is the love potion, which – in the full version of the story – makes Isolde fall in love with the very man she had sworn hatred for, because Tristan had previously killed her uncle.
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.
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We tell the story of Wagner's opera, Tristan und Isolde, based on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg.
Gottfried von Strassburg’s 13th-century version, considered the masterpiece of medieval German poetry, was the basis for Richard Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde (first performed in 1865).
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.
Jun 10, 2015 · A four-hour epic meditation on love and death, the opera was considered unperformable in 1860 when Wagner finished it. Slated for a debut in Vienna the following year, Tristan was ditched after...
