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“Tristan und Isolde” by Richard Wagner
Tristan and Isolde, ТриÑтан и ИзольдаPremiere / date of written: 1859
“Since I have never in my life enjoyed the true happiness of love, I want to erect a further monument to this most beautiful of all dreams, in which from the beginning to the end, this love should truly satiate itself.” Richard Wagner
It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting. Wagner referred to "Tristan und Isolde" not as an opera, but called it "Eine Handlung" (literally drama or plot).
Libretti
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German
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Richard Wagner |
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English
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Russian
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Виктор Коломийцев |
original libretto
line-by-line of the original libretto
Images
Audio recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra |
Label, Comment |
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| 1948 | Tristan — Set Svanholm, Isolde — Kirsten Flagstad, Brangäne — Viorica Ursuleac, King Marke — Ludwig Weber, Kurwenal — Hans Hotter |
Erich Kleiber Teatro Colon Buenos Aires Opera |
Myto, Cat: H031 Historic Live Performance from the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, recorded August 20, 1948. |
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| 1952 | Tristan — Ludwig Suthaus, Isolde — Kirsten Flagstad, Brangäne — Blanche Thebom, King Marke — Josef Greindl, Kurwenal — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Wilhelm Furtwängler Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra |
EMI Classics Naxos Historical Cat: 8.110321-24 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as Isolde providing some top notes in the Act II Love Duet |
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| 1966
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Tristan — Wolfgang Windgassen, Isolde — Birgit Nilsson, Brangäne — Christa Ludwig, King Marke — Martti Talvela, Kurwenal — Eberhard Wächter |
Karl Böhm Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon, Cat: 449772 Recording of a performance at the Bayreuth Festival, August |
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| 1972 | Tristan — Jon Vickers, Isolde — Helga Dernesch, Brangäne — Christa Ludwig, King Marke — Karl Ridderbusch, Kurwenal — Walter Berry, Melot — Bernd Weikl |
Herbert von Karajan Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus |
EMI Classics, Cat: 69319 |
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| 1982 | Tristan — René Kollo, Isolde — Margaret Price, Brangäne — Brigitte Fassbaender, King Marke — Kurt Moll, Kurwenal — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau |
Carlos Kleiber Dresden Staatskapelle, Leipzig Radio Chorus |
Deutsche Grammophon, Cat. 403202 |
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| 2003 | Tristan — Thomas Moser, Isolde — Deborah Voigt, Brangäne — Petra Lang, King Marke — Robert Holl, Kurwenal — Peter Weber, Melot — Markus Nieminen, Shepherd — Michael Roider, Steersman — In-Sung Sim, Sailor — John Dickie |
Christian Thielemann Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Chorus |
CD: Deutsche Grammophon 474 974-2 (3 CDs) (2004) Recorded 25 May 2003 by Austrian Radio from the Vienna State Opera |
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| 2004 | Tristan — Plácido Domingo, Isolde — Nina Stemme, Brangäne — Mihoko Fujimura, King Marke — René Pape, Kurwenal — Olaf Bär, Melot — Jared Holt |
Sir Antonio Pappano Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus |
EMI Classics, Cat: 5.58006 |
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Video recordings
| Year | Cast | Conductor, Opera chorus and orchestra, Director |
Label, Comment |
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| 1983 | Tristan — René Kollo, Isolde — Johanna Meier, Brangäne — Hanna Schwarz, King Marke — Matti Salminen, Kurwenal — Hermann Becht, Melot — Robert Schunk |
Daniel Barenboim Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus Jean-Pierre Ponnelle |
Unitel 1983, Laserdisc Philips 070-509-1 |
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| 1995 | Tristan — Siegfried Jerusalem, Isolde — Waltraud Meier, Brangäne — Uta Priew, King Marke — Matthias Hölle, Kurwenal — Falk Struckmann, Melot — Poul Elmig |
Daniel Barenboim Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus Heiner Müller |
Unitel Classica |
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| 1999 | Tristan — Ben Heppner, Isolde — Jane Eaglen, Brangäne — Katarina Dalayman, King Marke — René Pape, Kurwenal — Hans-Joachim Ketelsen, Melot — Brian Davis |
James Levine Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus Dieter Dorn |
Deutsche Grammophon Cat: 073 044-9 |
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External links
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Jonathan Brown's discography Comprehensive historical discography of Tristan und Isolde on record, covers the years from the earliest recordings, in 1901, to those issued by the end of 2004. It does not include those released after 2004.
- Sheet Music — www.sheetmusicplus.com