Organization

Singer

Soprano

Nina Stemme

Isolde

Mezzo-soprano

Ekaterina Gubanova

Brangaene

Tenor

Stuart Skelton

Tristan

Baritone

Yevgeny Nikitin

Kurwenal

Carsten Wittmoser

Bass

René Pape

King Mark

Neal Cooper

Melot

David Crawford

A steersman

Tony Stevenson

Voice of a young sailor

Alex Richardson

A shepherd

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Asher Fisch

Stage director

Mariusz Treliński

Costume designer

Marek Adamski

Set designer

Boris Kudlička

The Metropolitan Opera

German

Tristan und Isolde -  (Tristan and Isolde)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Met audiences were fascinated by Mariusz Treliński’s gripping, visionary production of Wagner’s epic opera. In the daunting title roles of the doomed lovers, Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton are passionate, overwhelming, and heartbreaking as they battle every obstacle that separates them from their true destiny. René Pape is King Marke, betrayed not only by Isolde but by Tristan, the man he most trusts and loves like a son. With Ekaterina Gubanova as Isolde’s confidante Brangäne and Evgeny Nikitin as Kurwenal, Tristan’s loyal lieutenant. Simon Rattle conducts a surging, shimmering account of Wagner’s monumental score.

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