San Francisco Opera presents Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde from October 19 to November 5, featuring conductor Eun Sun Kim and director Paul Curran in his company debut. The production stars ...

The Santa Fe Opera proved it was possible to stage a high-quality Tristan und Isolde at an elevation of nearly 7,000 feet with its new production of Richard Wagner’s vocal behemoth, which opened ...

NEW YORK – In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes “Tristan und Isolde” as “the single hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage.” Yet here he is, about to make his ...

The lovers are together then, but they spend the outer acts mostly apart, in their own personal hells. It’s vital that the soprano and tenor are equally matched, but given the insane vocal demands, ...

Wagner's epic meditation on love turns 150. Projected on a cosmic level, the music triggered a seismic shift in Western music. 'Tristan Und Isolde,' The Love Story That Changed Opera For Good Artistic ...

Ticciati knew from 2021 that he could depend upon a rock-solid Isolde in Miina-Liisa Värelä. The Finnish dramatic soprano takes the full weight of the voice, even throughout the register, up to the ...

Tristan und Isolde is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg. It was composed ...

Met audiences were fascinated by Mariusz Treliński’s gripping, visionary production of Wagner’s epic opera. In the daunting title roles of the doomed lovers, Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton are ...

Paul Curran makes his Company debut directing his production from Venice’s Teatro La Fenice which features renowned Wagnerian interpreters Simon O’Neill and Anja Kampe in the title roles. Rooted in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes “Tristan und Isolde” as “the single hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage.” Yet here he is, about to ...

It’s not an opera to be tackled lightly, and that goes for spectators as much as musicians. As Stephen Gould said in his recent interview with WhatsOnStage, the more audiences prepare themselves for a ...