STORY
Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king. The composer’s larger-than-life sensibilities are on full display throughout the score: Along with intoxicating orchestral music that surges in tandem with the couple’s burgeoning passion and a chord left symbolically unresolved until the last moments of the opera, the opera also features one of the repertory’s most soaring and ecstatic final climaxes, as Isolde surrenders to a love so powerful that she transcends life itself.
CAST & CREW
- Ben Heppner
- Jane Eaglen
- Katarina Dalayman
- Hans-Joachim Ketelsen
- René Pape
Cast
- Brian Large
- Dieter Dorn
Directors
INFORMATION
- Unitel
Production Companies
- United States of America
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- German