Tristan und Isolde

Event Description

The finest exponents of Wagner tackle a sublime story of impossible love in a new production by Pierre Audi. Tristan is a sublime fresco of impossible love and the perfect opera. Everything in Tristan is both very cerebral and very sensual. The pared down libretto is completely out of step with the practice of the time.

Although Daniele Gatti grew up listening to Verdi, he has been considered to be a first-rate Wagnerian for many years now, conducting at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (in a recent production of Parsifal with Jonas Kaufmann) and the Salzburg Festival. Torsten Kerl is one of the most sought after Wagnerian tenors of his generation while American soprano, Emily Magee, has performed all the great soprano roles in Vienna, London and Bayreuth. Together they will make a tragically passionate couple. Director, Pierre Audi, has earned a reputation for productions ranging from the baroque to the modern and he likes to be tested. After his Ring cycle in Amsterdam, he will now rise to the challenge of Tristan with his customary panache.