Wagner's Tristan und Isolde occupies a singular position in the history of Western culture. What Nietzsche called the 'sweet and terrible infinity' of its basic nexus of longing and death has ...

"A sniveling gnome with exceptional talent"— or so the composer was once described. Yet with his Bayreuth Festival, Wagner managed to create a mythic idea of himself that has obscured who he really ...

Opera on 3 Wagner: Tristan und Isolde at the Royal Opera House Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with set designs by Johannes Leiacker From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wagner's opera Tristan ...

She points out that the three works that will be performed represent Richard Wagner in different styles and periods. Among them, director Roland Schwab's 2022 production of Tristan and Isolde will ...

The German festival devoted to composer Richard Wagner attributed the ... revivals of “Tannhäuser,” “Lohengrin,” “Tristan und Isolde” and “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” ...

Leonard Bernstein’s seemingly ambivalent fascination with Wagner’s Tristan had begun as early as the 1950s with substantial televised excerpts with his New York Philharmonic, Ramón Vinay and Martha ...