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Category: Tristan und Isolde

  • Tristan und Isolde at SF Opera

    * Notes *San Francisco Opera presented a 2012 production of Tristan und Isolde (Act II pictured, photograph by Cory Weaver) from La Fenice for the second time last night. The orchestra sounded utterly clear and beautiful under Maestra Eun Sun Kim. Kim has the orchestra sounding transparent, every line is palpable. You can feel the…

  • Tristan und Isolde at the Bayreuther Festspiele

    * Notes * The closing performance of the Bayreuther Festspiele was Friday night's Tristan und Isolde. The orchestra had a full, even tone under the direction of Peter Schneider. However, the volume overwhelmed the singers in many cases. The singing started off roughly for the two principals, at first, Iréne Theorin (Isolde) shrieked flatly and Robert…

  • Paris Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 6-11 2008: Eugene Onegin September 24- November 2 2008: Rigoletto October 11- November 2 2008: The Bartered Bride October 13- November 12 2008: Cunning Little Vixen October 30- December 3 2008: Tristan und Isolde November 17- December 23 2008: Die Zauberflöte November 25- December 21 2008: Fidelio January 17-30 2009: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk…

  • Voigt and Heppner in Tristan und Isolde

    The performance will be broadcast at 7pm EDT (5pm PDT) tonight. As you well know, the production has been fraught and included four Met debuts, but finally, Deborah Voigt and Ben Heppner are to sing together in Tristan und Isolde tonight. Press Release | Official Site

  • Tristan und Isolde Live in HD Met Simulcast

    * Notes * The Dieter Dorn/Jürgen Rose production of Tristan und Isolde was shown as a simulcast yesterday. I tried my best not to worry too much about the set and staging, as I did not find the Dorn/Rose Le Nozze or Così at Bayerische Staatsoper particularly interesting, though their Don Carlo was not bad.…

  • Lyric Opera’s 2008-2009 Season

    September 27- October 31 2008: ManonOctober 6- November 4 2008: Les Pêcheurs de PerlesNovember 7-30 2008: LuluNovember 18- December 19 2008: Porgy and BessDecember 13 2008- January 29 2009: Madama Butterfly January 19- February 28 2009: Tristan und IsoldeFebruary 14- March 27 2009: Cavalleria Rusticana/PagliacciMarch 2-28 2009: Die Entführung aus dem Serail Lyric Opera of…

  • Oed’ und leer das Meer

    * Notes *The fourth performance of Tristan und Isolde was last night, and it was consistent with the previous performance I saw last week. Thomas Moser (Tristan) started off pretty well in Act I, and he sang beautifully in Act II, but by Act III he was rather quiet. * Tattling * The audience was…

  • Frisch weht der Wind

    * Notes * Los Angeles Opera’s 1987 production of Tristan und Isolde was revived last week in San Francisco. The production was designed by David Hockney, best known for his swimming pool paintings from the sixties. The set looked much like a large-scale colorful pop-up book, filled with strange details, such as curtains attached to…