
Met Opera Live in HD 25-26 Season
WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde
Saturday, March 21 9:00am
Wednesday, March 25 1 & 6:30pm
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. The momentous occasion also marks the advent of a new, Met-debut staging by Yuval Sharon—hailed by The New York Times as “the most visionary opera director of his generation” and the first American to direct an opera at the famed Wagner festival in Bayreuth—as well as Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading Tristan und Isolde at the Met. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her signature portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke.
= FILM FACTS =
Running Time 290 min
Genre Opera
Starring
Lise Davidsen
Ekaterina Gubanova
Michael Spyres
Tomasz Konieczny
Directed by
Yuval Sharon
Conducted by
Yannick Nézet-Séguin