M O V I E
Tristan und Isolde [382637]
Released: 1999-12-18
Genres: Music, Drama
Revenue: unknown
Cast: 11
Popularity: 0.5784
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Synopsis : 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
Jane Eaglen
Katarina Dalayman
Hans-Joachim Ketel
René Pape
James Levine
Brian Davis
Anthony Dean Griff
Mark Schowalter
James Courtney
MET Orchestra

Director

Brian Large