Tristan und Isolde
10
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1999-12-18
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Music
Drama
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king. The composer’s larger-than-life sensibilities are on full display throughout the score: Along with intoxicating orchestral music that surges in tandem with the couple’s burgeoning passion and a chord left symbolically unresolved until the last moments of the opera, the opera also features one of the repertory’s most soaring and ecstatic final climaxes, as Isolde surrenders to a love so powerful that she transcends life itself.
Featured Crew
| Brian Large | Director |
| Richard Wagner | Original Music Composer |
| Jürgen Rose | Set Designer |
| Magda Szayer | Hairstylist |
| Sylvia Nolan | Costume Designer |
| Victor Callegari | Makeup Artist |
| Jürgen Rose | Costume Designer |
| James Levine | Art Direction |
| William Malloy | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| James Levine | Conductor |
