Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner
This revival of the 2003 Festival Production has now finished
Supported by a syndicate of individuals
Sung in German with English supertitles
“I don’t think I have ever witnessed a more perfect realisation of a Wagner opera than this superb Tristan und Isolde.”
The Daily Telegraph
John Christie, Glyndebourne’s founder, had always dreamed of staging Wagner. In 2003 that dream was finally, triumphantly, fulfilled with this now-classic production of the composer’s ecstatic hymn to the all-consuming power of human love. Revived in 2007, it now returns for just seven performances. With Torsten Kerl and Anja Kampe – the powerfully impressive Florestan and Leonore of the 2006 Festival’s Fidelio – portraying the illicit lovers whose more than earthly passion can ultimately be consummated only in death, Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s intensely focused production is conducted for the first time by Glyndebourne’s Music Director, Vladimir Jurowski.
Performance schedule
Key
* = Pre-performance talk available in the in the Ebert Room.
# = Due to the running time of Tristan und Isolde the production has two intervals; 50 minutes after Act 1 and a longer interval of one hour after the end of Act 2.
Creative team
Conductor Vladimir Jurowski
Original Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff
Revival Director Daniel Dooner
Set Designer Roland Aeschlimann
Costume Designer Andrea Schmidt-Futterer
Lighting Designer Robin Carter
Chorus Master Thomas Blunt
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Cast includes:
Tristan Torsten Kerl
Isolde Anja Kampe
Brangäne Sarah Connolly (August 6, 10, 18, 22, 26, 30) / Katarina Karnéus (August 14)
Kurwenal Andrzej Dobber
King Mark Georg Zeppenfeld
Melot Trevor Scheunemann
Shepherd Andrew Kennedy
Sailor Peter Gijsbertsen
Steersman Richard Mosley-Evans
Pre-performance talk
Sunday 30 August
Buy the DVD
The DVD of Glyndebourne’s 2007 Festival production of Tristan und Isolde is available from the Glyndebourne shop