# Tristan Und Isolde
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tristan und isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner set to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg. First conceived in 1854, the music was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting. While performed by opera companies, Wagner preferred the term Handlung (German for "plot" or "action") for Tristan to distinguish its structure of continuous narrative flow ("endless melody") as distinct from that of conventional opera at the time which was constructed of recitatives punctuated by showpiece arias, which Wagner had come to regard with great disdain.
Tahu Matheson: The real power of opera
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Musical Interpretations
Isolde’s final six minutes in Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde have been recorded again and again for over a century — but no two performers have ever told it quite the same way. This week, Boneapart and Yulia compare three recordings of the “Liebestod,” Wagner’s famous “love-death,” made 23 years apart…
Orpheus Winds: It's Not over till You Play Poulenc
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Serhiy Salov
Today we’re putting the Steinway to work. Award-winning concert pianist Serhiy Salov is here and (considering the repertoire he’s brought) there’s a good chance all 88 keys are going to be played! First we’ll hear a few etudes of Franz Liszt followed by a transcription of the Liebestod from “Trista…
62/100 DAYS (ish) Suzanne Chaundy. A love of Opera will stay with you for a life time
If you are looking for a night at the Opera this is your sign!
Melbourne Opera’s production of Il Trovatore opens on 23 August, dedicated to the memory of Dame Joan Sutherland, AC DBE, in celebration of her centenary year.
Suzanne Chaundy is the Executive Director Melbourne Opera
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Ep. 146 Tristan und Isolde by Wagner
Before the story of Lancelot, Arthur and Guinevere, there was another story of a knight who clandestinely loves the wife of the king. With hazy origins at an unclear point in history, this story has been retold again and again over the centuries… and never quite so powerfully as in Wagner’s masterp…
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