
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.
Ben Heppner
Tristan
Jane Eaglen
Isolde

Katarina Dalayman
Brangäne
Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
Kurwenal

René Pape
King Marke

James Levine
Self - Conductor
Brian Davis
Melot
Anthony Dean Griffey
A Sailor's Voice
Mark Schowalter
A Sheperd

James Courtney
Steersman
MET Orchestra

Moonstruck
Moonstruck

Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible

Royal Opera House: Carmen
Royal Opera House: Carmen

Aida - San Francisco Opera
Aida - San Francisco Opera

The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute

The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni

The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot
The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

The Metropolitan Opera: Manon
The Metropolitan Opera: Manon

The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute

The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

Abesalom and Eteri
Abesalom and Eteri