Wagner's groundbreaking opera: Tristan und Isolde

Dutch National Opera presents Richard Wagner's famous Tristan und Isolde, directed by Pierre Audi. The production already received high acclaim in Paris and Rome!
The accompanying orchestra is Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marc Albrecht.
From 18 January until 14 February 2018. More info: bit.ly/yt-isolde
ABOUT THE OPERA
While working on the Ring, Wagner experienced a crisis. He put Siegfried aside for a while and wrote a groundbreaking opera, based on the mediaeval love story of Tristan and Isolde. He received added inspiration from his extra-marital affair with Mathilde Wesendonck. Two of her five poems that he set to music (Wesendoncklieder) became preliminary studies for Tristan, in which the action and the music blend to form a symphonic whole.
The new opera Tristan und Isolde was the height of modernity, as the succession of chords was determined more by chromaticism than by their harmonic function. The ‘Tristan chord’ put a bomb under traditional theory of harmony, as it were, and the orchestration was also extremely innovative. After Tristan und Isolde, Wagner’s composition style changed for good.
CAST
Tristan: Stephen Gould
König Marke: Günther Groissböck
Isolde: Ricarda Merbeth
Kurwenal: Iain Paterson
Melot: Andrew Rees
Brangäne: Michelle Breedt
Ein Hirt: Morschi Franz
Ein Steuermann: Roger Smeets
Ein junger Seemann: Martin Piskorski
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English subtitles would help!

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Thanks for this! We'll keep it in mind for the next time!

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Stephen Gould is a nightmare