Tristan und Isolde

Tristan und Isolde (1999) is a music, drama film directed by Brian Large rated 9.5/10.

Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king. The composer’s larger-than-life sensibilities are on full display throughout the score: Along with intoxicating orchestral music that surges in tandem with the couple’s burgeoning passion and a chord left symbolically unresolved until the last moments of the opera, the opera also features one of the repertory’s most soaring and ecstatic final climaxes, as Isolde surrenders to a love so powerful that she transcends life itself.

Cast

Ben Heppner

Tristan

Jane Eaglen

Isolde

Katarina Dalayman

Brangäne

Hans-Joachim Ketelsen

Kurwenal

René Pape

King Marke

James Levine

Self - Conductor

Brian Davis

Melot

Anthony Dean Griffey

A Sailor's Voice

Mark Schowalter

A Sheperd

James Courtney

Steersman

MET Orchestra