Performers

Stage direction Bárbara Lluch
Scenery and lighting Urs Schönebaum
Costumes Clara Peluffo

Tristan Clay Hilley (12th, 19th, 23rd, 27th, 31st January)
Tristan Bryan Register (15th, 25h January)

King Marke Brindley Sherratt
Isolde Lise Davidsen (12th, 19th, 23rd, 27th, 31st January)
Isolde Elena Pankratova (15th, 25h January)
Kurwenal Tomasz Koniesczny
Melot Poger Padullés
Brangäne Iréne Theorin
A Shepherd/A Sailor Albert Casals
A Helmsman Milan Perišic

Tristan und Isolde is an immense dramatic-musical poem; an infinite song of love and death inspired by the medieval Celtic legend from the 12th century, compiled by Gottfried von Strassburg, which became one of the cultural references of the Middle Ages and, in Wagner's hands, a cultural revolution.

The first scene takes place on the ship in which Tristan is taking Isolde to Cornwall to meet her betrothed, King Marke. The death potion that the princess has brought to carry out her revenge on Tristan for causing the death of her fiancé, Morold, is unexpectedly swapped by the servant Brangäne for a love potion, triggering the repressed passion of the protagonists, who, in the second act, present one of the most extraordinary scenes of ecstatic love in opera history. Fatality leads the lovers to reveal their impossible love. After Tristan's death, only her Transfiguration (Verklärung) remains for Isolde: a death of love (Liebestod) that occurs both musically and existentially, resulting in one of the most sublime moments.

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