Organization

Bayreuther Festspiele

Conductor

Richard Walker

Daniel Barenboim

Stage director

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Set designer

Costume designer

Singer

Tenor

René Kollo

Tristan

Soprano

Johannes Meier

Isolde

Bass

Matti Salminen

King Mark

Mezzo-soprano

Hanna Schwarz

Brangaene

Baritone

Hermann Becht

Kurwenal

Robert Schunk

Melot

Helmut Pampuch

A shepherd

Others

Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele

Orchestra

Bayreuther Festspielorchester

Tristan und Isolde -  (Tristan and Isolde)

Bayreuth

Germany

From the Bayreuth Festival: "Tristan und Isolde" by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Conductor: Daniel Barenboim - Stage director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With René Kollo (Tristan), Johanna Meier (Isolde), Matti Salminen (King Marke), Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne), Hermann Becht (Kurwenal), Robert Schunk (Melot). In his one and only production for the Bayreuth Festival Jean-Pierre Ponnelle refused to follow the fashionable trend of seeking to update a work at all costs. His interest lay chiefly in the psychological treatment of the action, whereby the sublimated love of Tristan and Isolde becomes a nocturne of emotional and psychological depth. This was underscored by the "wondrous gold of the score" that "flowed from the orchestra pit in a luminous symphonic flow" (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

Tristan und Isolde Wagner,Richard

Public

Tristan and Isolde

Approved

Bilder