Tristan and Isolde

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Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts Toronto, Ontario, M5H 4G1, Canada

Dates/times in Toronto time zone

Programme

Performers

Canadian Opera Company
Jiří Bělohlávek	Conductor		2013 Jan 29, Feb 02 mat, 14, 17 mat, 20, 23
Peter Sellars	Director
Johannes Debus	Conductor		2013 Feb 08
Bill Viola	Video		2013 Feb 08
Ben Heppner	Tenor	Tristan	2013 Jan 29, Feb 02 mat, 14, 17 mat, 20
Melanie Diener	Soprano	Isolde	2013 Jan 29, Feb 02 mat, 14, 17 mat, 20
Daveda Karanas	Soprano	Brangäne
Alan Held	Bass-baritone	Kurwenal
Franz-Josef Selig	Bass	King Marke
Ryan McKinny	Bass-baritone	Melot
Robert Gleadow	Bass-baritone	Young seaman
Michael Baba	Tenor	Tristan	2013 Feb 08
Margaret Jane Wray	Soprano	Isolde	2013 Feb 08, 23
Burkhard Fritz	Tenor	Tristan	2013 Feb 23

Reviews of Tristan und Isolde directed by Peter Sellars

***11

Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid, January 2014

***11

Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, January 2023 (Français)

**111

Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, September 2018 (Français)

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Ancient magic updated: Peter Sellars' Tristan with the Canadian Opera Company

Stanley Fefferman, 11th February

Peter Sellars successfully updated the ancient magic in Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde. Wagner had already modernised the medieval tale by focusing on the middle of the story, where the passion of the doomed lovers catches fire. Wagner treats the mythic origins of the romance as back-story recollected while passions are flaring.

****1