Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple operatic gesture. Peter Sellars’ production pours oil onto this troubled sea of emotions in an almost dematerialised setting bared of all earthly contingencies whilst Bill Viola presents the lovers’ initiatory quest for nirvana in videos detached from the stage, suspended like altarpieces.
Andreas Schager
as Tristan
Martina Serafin
as Isolde
René Pape
as König Marke
Matthias Goerne
as Kurwenal
Ekaterina Gubanova
as Brangäne
Philippe Jordan
as Self - Conductor
