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Wagner - Tristan & Isolde | Opus Arte OA0988D

Wagner - Tristan & Isolde

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OA0988D

Barcode: 0809478009887

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 2nd January 2008

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Contents

Artists

Robert Gambill
Nina Stemme
Katarina Karneus
Bo Skovhus
Rene Pape
Stephen Gadd
Timothy Robinson
Richard Mosley-Evans
The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Jiri Belohlavek

Works

Wagner, Richard

Tristan und Isolde

Artists

Robert Gambill
Nina Stemme
Katarina Karneus
Bo Skovhus
Rene Pape
Stephen Gadd
Timothy Robinson
Richard Mosley-Evans
The Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Jiri Belohlavek

About

Glyndebourne’s celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s Tristan und Isolde is a supremely intelligent achievement: gravely beautiful, haunting and meditative, it is deeply reflective rather than visceral, fortified by Roland Aeschlimann's stunningly effective set, a womb-like space through which the protagonists move like gods.

Conductor Jiří Bělohlávek mirrors Lehnhoff's approach in his sophisticated plumbing of the score's depths, with every shift in texture carefully laid bare by an inspired London Philharmonic Orchestra. Nina Stemme's Isolde and Robert Gambill's Tristan, both gloriously lyrical, are matched by superb performances from René Pape as the betrayed and vulnerable King Marke and Bo Skovhus as Kurwenal, deeply touching in his helpless devotion to Tristan.

This High Definition recording of a production of uncommon intimacy reveals the opera's music and drama in a new light.

Cast:
Tristan: Robert Gambill
Isolde: Nina Stemme
Brangäne: Katarina Karnéus
Kurwenal: Bo Skovhus
King Marke: René Pape
Melot: Stephen Gadd
Young Sailor/Shepherd: Timothy Robinson
Steersman: Richard Mosley-Evans

Stage Director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff

Bonus material:
- Artists biographies.
- ‘On the set’ - a slide show of the set being built.
- 'Trimborn on Tristan’ – a talk about the musicological & philosophical backgrounds of Tristan und Isolde. A film by Reiner E. Moritz.
- Illustrated synopsis & cast gallery.

Recorded live at Glyndebourne, Lewes, Sussex on 29th July, 1st August and 6th August 2007.

I don’t think that I have ever witnessed a more perfect realisation of a Wagner opera than this superb Tristan und Isolde. …[Jiří Bĕlohlávek] is scrupulous with the score, and takes his time over it: the pauses and silences are immense and there is no factitious attempt to whip up excitement by speeding. …a great and unforgettable occasion’ The Daily Telegraph

Running time 350 mins approx
Region code All regions
Picture format 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound format DTS
Surround 5.1 / LPCM Stereo
Menu language EN
Subtitles EN/FR/DE/ES/IT

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