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The Met in HD: Tristan und Isolde, 2008

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Metropolitan Opera House, New York City on 22 March 2008
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
Metropolitan Opera
James Levine, Conductor
Dieter Dorn, Director
Deborah Voigt, Isolde
Robert Dean Smith, Tristan
Matti Salminen, King Marke
Michelle DeYoung, Brangäne
Stephen Gaertner, Melot
Eike Wilm Schulte, Kurwenal
The Metropolitan Chorus
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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