Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Blu-ray) | Bel Air BAC465

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde (Blu-ray)

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Label: Bel Air

Cat No: BAC465

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 27th May 2022

Contents

Artists

Andreas Schager
Anja Kampe
Stephen Milling
Ekaterina Gubanova
Boaz Daniel
Stephan Rugamer
Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin

Conductor

Daniel Barenboim

Works

Wagner, Richard

Tristan und Isolde

Artists

Andreas Schager
Anja Kampe
Stephen Milling
Ekaterina Gubanova
Boaz Daniel
Stephan Rugamer
Staatsopernchor
Staatskapelle Berlin

Conductor

Daniel Barenboim

About

If there is one work that has been crucial to Daniel Barenboim’s conducting career, it has to be Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde: he has been working on piercing its secrets for more than 35 years. In the pit of the newly renovated Staatsoper Berlin and at the head of his Staatskapelle, he once again makes magic happen.

Entrusted with the stage direction, Dmitri Tcherniakov delves into the psychological aspects of the drama and gives a new realistic depth to this opus. Thanks to his demanding direction of the cast, but also to a clever use of video projections, he manages to craft intense images which effectively resonate with the rapturous and voluptuous enchantments of the score.

To complete this high-level artistic crew, the Staatsoper called upon some of the finest Wagner experts: Andreas Schager, already a superb Parsifal and a regular guest at the Bayreuth Festival, is Tristan, Anja Kampe is an unforgettable Isolde, and Ekaterina Gubanova thrills as Brangäne.

Cast:
- Tristan: Andreas Schager
- King Marke: Stephen Milling
- Isolde: Anja Kampe
- Brangäne: Ekaterina Gubanova
- Kurwenal: Boaz Daniel
- Melot: Stephan Rügamer

Subtitles: FR, ENG, GER, SPA, JAP, KOR
Running time: 254’
Booklet: 24 pages
Sound: PCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1

Reviews

Neither conductor Barenboim (with several decades’ performances) nor stage director Tcherniakov (two previous productions) are beginners with this piece, and it shows. If Tcherniakov sometimes appears to go a little crazy – there can’t have been many Tristans that end with Isolde setting an alarm clock and going to lie down in an alcove bedroom next to her lover’s corpse – there’s always a reason. ... This has always been a special score for Barenboim, who continues – in fact even more now – to conduct it with a Furtwängler-like fluency that sounds inevitable thanks to the great secret of never over-emphasising climaxes or motifs.  Mike Ashman
Gramophone August 2022
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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