Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Wagner's Tristan und Isolde – Music-drama in three acts
2008 de 240 minutes
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Plot
Glyndebourne's celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Tristan und Isolde is a supremely intelligent achievement; gravely beautiful, haunting and meditative, it is deeply reflective rather than visceral, fortified by Roland Aeschlimann's stunningly effective set, a womb-like space through which the protagonists move like gods. Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek mirrors Lehnhoff's approach in his sophisticated plumbing of the score's depths, with every shift in texture carefully laid bare by an inspired London Philharmonic Orchestra. Nina Stemme's Isolde and Robert Gambill's Tristan, both gloriously lyrical, are matched by superb performances from René Pape as the betrayed and vulnerable King Marke and Bo Skovhus as Kurwenal, deeply touching in his helpless devotion to Tristan. This High Definition recording of a production of uncommon intimacy reveals the opera's music and drama in a new light.
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Cast
Robert Gambill
Tristan (tenor)
René Pape
König Marke (bass)
Nina Maria Stemme
Isolde (soprano)
Bo Skovhus
Kurwenal (baritone)
Stephen Gadd
Melot (baritone)
Katarina Karnéus
Brangäne (mezzosoprano)
Timothy Robinson
Junger Seemann/Hirte (Tenor)
Richard Mosley-Evans
Ein Steuermann (baritone)
