Richard Wagner is known for his overwhelming operas. Through the power of a love potion, Tristan and Isolde are fatefully drawn to each other, but the Irish princess Isolde is promised to Marke, the King of Cornwall and Tristan's liege lord. In secret, the lovers live out their connection, which inevitably must be discovered and lead to a catastrophe. Wagner has found a musical language for this that is hard to resist...
Program
Richard Wagner
"Tristan und Isolde" Concert Version:
Prelude to Act One
Act Two
"Isolde's Liebestod" (Instrumental Version)
Contributer
Pablo Heras-Casado
Conductor
Stuart Skelton
Tenor (Tristan)
Anja Kampe
Sopran (Isolde)
Marina Prudenskaya
Mezzosopran (Brangäne)
Georg Zeppenfeld
Bass (König Marke)
Sebastian Wartig
Bass (Melot)
Dresdner Philharmonie
Orchestra