Bayreuth Festival: Tristan und Isolde

Synopsis

In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Tristan & Isolde this production was premiered on 25 July 2015 and marked the high-point of the Bayreuth Festival. An important and highly-anticipated new production of Wagner's take on this ultimate, immortal tale of love and longing by the composer's great-granddaughter Katharina Wagner. Enjoy some of today's most prominent vocalists and Christian Thielemann, arguably the most important Wagner conductor of our day and age. "… a sensationally good musical realisation." BBC Music

Additional Info

• No: 9952
• Composer: R. Wagner
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir
• Artists: Stephen Gould, Evelyn Herlitzius, Georg Zeppenfeld, Iain Paterson, Christa Mayer
• Production year: 2015
• Run time: 04:09:00
• Director: Stage Director: Katharina Wagner
• Producers: A co-production of BF Medien and NHK in cooperation with TV Skyline, TMT, BR Klassik and 3sat
• Format: HDTV 16:9