Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for eternity. The 1983 performance in Bayreuth was a great moment for the world of opera. The ensemble performance of René Kollo, Johanna Meier and Matti Salminen with, then as now the Wagner admirer, Daniel Barenboim conducting the Bayreuth orchestra inspired singers and instrumentalists to peak performance. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle created a dream-beautiful stage.
René Kollo
as Tristan
Matti Salminen
as König Marke
Johanna Meier
as Isolde
Hermann Becht
as Kurwenal
Robert Schunk
as Melot / Ein junger Seemann
Hanna Schwarz
as Brangäne
Helmut Pampuch
as Ein Hirt
Martin Egel
as Ein Steuermann
