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Tristan und Isolde through the lens of Bill Viola in Madrid

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Reviewed at Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid on 19 January 2014
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
Teodor Currentzis, Conductor
Peter Sellars, Director
Violeta Urmana, Isolde
Ekaterina Gubanova, Brangäne
Nabil Suliman, Melot
Alfredo Nigro, Young seaman
Robert Dean Smith, Tristan
César San Martín, Helmsman
Jukka Rasilainen, Kurwenal
Franz-Josef Selig, King Marke
Coro Intermezzo
Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid
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***11
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****1
La Veronal heads Into the Little Hill in Madrid
*****
A disappointing new Falstaff from Laurent Pelly at the Teatro Real
**111
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