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Yannick’s debut, Stemme’s farewell: Tristan und Isolde in Philadelphia

Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra and soloists
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“this Tristan set a high benchmark that many opera companies... could only hope to match”
Reviewed at Kimmel Center: Marian Anderson Hall, Philadelphia on 1 June 2025
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Nina Stemme, Isolde
Stuart Skelton, Tristan
Tareq Nazmi, King Marke
Karen Cargill, Brangäne
Brian Mulligan, Kurwenal
Frederick Ballentine, Melot
Jonghyun Park, Shepherd, Young seaman
Nathan Schludecker, Helmsman
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