Organization

Singer

Tenor

Theo Lebow

Kaherdin

Dramaturge

Zsolt Horpácsy

Chorus master

Tilman Michael

Lighting designer

Jan Hartmann

Costume designer

Susanne Uhl

Set designer

Karoly Risz

Stage director

Tilmann Köhler

Soprano

Juanita Lascarro

Isolt

Bass

Jarrett Porter

King Hoël

Contralto

Cláudia Ribas

Isolde's Mother

Mezzo-soprano

Hyoyoung Kim

Branghien

Conductor

Takeshi Moriuchi

Cecelia Hall

Isolt of The White Hands

Baritone

Kihwan Sim

Le Roi Marc

Rodrigo Porras Garulo

Tristan

Oper Frankfurt

Others

Choir of the Frankfurt Opera

Orchestra

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester

French

Le vin herbé -  (The Love Potion)

Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Opernhaus

Le vin herbé Martin,F

Public

Private

The Love Potion

German

English

Approved

The Swiss composer Frank Martin’s plan to set the legend of Tristan to music in a new way, 60 years after Wagner, was single-minded and brave. Another Tristan emerged, subtitled a secular oratorio, as a clear »counterpart« to Wagner’s opera. Unlike its overwhelming, musically dramatic forerunner the Swiss composer wrote for solo voices, vocal ensemble, six solo strings and piano. He distanced himself from Wagner further in his choice of literature, taking up the 1900 Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut by the French Middleages researcher Joseph Bédier instead of Gottfried von Straßburg's narration. Martin’s chorus tells and comments on the story while Tristan, Iseut and King Marc, are soloists. Told in 18 scenes, a prologue and epilogue Martin shapes the story of Tristan and Isolde from the voyage to Cornwall, where Isolde is to marry King Mark, against her will, to their deaths. The composer avoided large-scale theatrical effects, emphasizing the ambivalence of the characters with complex chamber music instead.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble