Decca, the Opera Company, has always invested infinite energy and enormous care in its productions, pairing unrivalled casts with its unequalled technical skill and legendary sound. Decca Classics is proud to continue its Hardback Opera Series of go-to performances.

Three legendary opera recordings on Deutsche Grammophon are now presented on High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-ray disc + CD in deluxe hardback editions including original libretto and synopsis with parallel English, German and French texts, original essay, and rare images.

Live recording from the 1966 Bayreuth Festival

3CDs + 1 Blu-ray Audio presenting the complete opera in 24-bit Hi-Res Audio

Includes 30 minutes of footage of “Karl Böhm in Rehearsal”

124pp booklet with original essay “Thoughts on the Mythical Element in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde” by Wieland Wagner

“It is Böhm’s incandescent reading of the score and the unrivalled playing by the Bayreuth orchestra that makes this such a gripping experience.” - Daily Telegraph

“Captured live at Bayreuth, here’s a Tristan that seethes with passion. Böhm is magnificent in the pit, dramatic and vital, and Windgassen and Nilsson are quite simply glorious in the title roles.” - Gramophone