Tristan und Isolde
Deborah Voigt, one of the world’s most celebrated Wagnerian sopranos, undertakes this iconic role for the first time at the Met. The leading Tristan of our time, Ben Heppner, portrays the other half of the archetypal couple on their mystical journey of love, sex, and death.
Composer: Richard Wagner
Libretto: Richard Wagner
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Conductor: James Levine
Production: Dieter Dorn
Set Designer: Jürgen Rose
Costume Designer: Jürgen Rose
Lighting Designer: Max Keller
Dramaturg: Hans-Joachim Ruckhäberle
Cast
Isolde: Deborah Voigt
Brangäne: Michelle DeYoung/Margaret Jane Wray
Tristan: Ben Heppner
Kurwenal: Eike Wilm Schulte/TBA
King Marke: Matti Salminen
Wagner lovers and Voigt fans around the world will be delighted, no doubt, by the fact that the performance on Saturday, March 22 will be broadcast live in high definition to theaters as part of the Met’s popular series of HD transmissions.
Metropolitan Opera Web Site
Detailed schedule information:
March 10, 14, 18, 22 mat, 25, 28 2008
7:00 pm
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