Work: Tristan und Isolde

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Composer	Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Period	Romantic
Work type	Opera / Oratorio

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Moreton-in-MarshTristan und Isolde

Longborough Festival Opera, Jun 20 mat, Jul 02 mat, 05 mat, 09 mat, 12 mat, 18 mat

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Anthony Negus; Carmen Jakobi; Longborough Festival Opera; Longborough Festival Opera Orchestra; Catharine Woodward; Peter Wedd; Alastair Miles

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LondonSir Antonio Pappano: Tristan and IsoldeConcert performance

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Barbican Hall, Jul 01, 12

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Sir Antonio Pappano; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; Clay Hilley; Sara Jakubiak

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Usher Hall, Wed 11 Mar at 17:30

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Stuart Stratford; Justin Way; Scottish Opera; Lizzie Powell; The Orchestra of Scottish Opera; Scottish Opera Chorus; Gwyn Hughes Jones

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Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

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No’a L. bat Miri, 09 Mar

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

***11

The starry trio of Davidsen-Hilley-Mälkki saves Tristan und Isolde

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Maria Sánchez, 12 Jan

A highly unbalanced premiere, its opportunity to become one of the Liceu's historic productions prevented by the contrast between dramaturgy and music.

****1

Thalheimer’s directs a static new Berlin Tristan und Isolde

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Zenaida des Aubris, 01 Nov

At the start of his farewell to Deutsche Oper Berlin, Sir Donald Runnicles shines with his orchestra, supplying the passion and tension withheld in Michael Thalheimer’s production.

****1

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A jack of all trades: Michael Spyres on Vienna, Tristan and Verdi

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Chanda VanderHart, 06 Mar

Chanda VanderHart talks to the American tenor about his Tristan debut at the Met, his love for Vienna and Otto Schenk, and the incredible scope of his repertoire.

Bachtrack top ten: Richard Wagner

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Mark Pullinger, 22 May

Drawing on the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total work of art), Wagner is best remembered for his extraordinary music dramas, not least the monumental, 15-hour Ring cycle.

Inventive double bills at New National Theatre Tokyo’s 2023–24 season

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Bachtrack, 31 Mar

Beginning with an unusual Puccini/Ravel double bill, and with two new productions and an array of revivals, New National Theatre Tokyo’s season 2023–24 has much to offer.