Tristan und Isolde
The opera opens with Tristan taking Isolde (daughter of the King of Ireland) to be married to his uncle, King Marke of Cornwall. The opera unfolds as the story of a love which can only realise itself by abandoning the will to live.
| Main Author: | Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. (Composer) |
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| Corporate Author: | Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH., Deutsche Grammophon (Firm), Bayreuther Festspiele. (Performer) |
| Other Authors: | Meier, Waltraud. (Performer), Jerusalem, Siegfried. (Performer), Priew, Uta. (Performer), Struckmann, Falk. (Performer), Hölle, Matthias. (Performer), Barenboim, Daniel, 1942- (Conductor), Müller, Heiner, 1929-1995., Wonder, Erich, 1944-, Yamamoto, Yohji, 1943-, Hohlfeld, Horant H., Wagner, Wolfgang, 1919-2010. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | German English French Spanish Chinese |
| Published: |
Hamburg :
Deutsche Grammophon,
℗2008.
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| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
The opera opens with Tristan taking Isolde (daughter of the King of Ireland) to be married to his uncle, King Marke of Cornwall. The opera unfolds as the story of a love which can only realise itself by abandoning the will to live. |
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| Item Description: |
Drama in 3 acts; libretto by the composer. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (23 p. : ports.) in container. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (235 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Production Credits: |
Staged by Heiner Müller; set design, Erich Wonder; costume design, Yohji Yamamoto; video director, Horant H. Hohlfeld; artistic supervision, Wolfgang Wagner; a production of Unitel GMBH & Co. |