TRISTAN UND ISOLDE ACT 2 CG 1951 first 18' Edited

Tristan und Isolde - 29 May 1951
Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Conductor Clemens Krauss
Young Seaman Edgar Evans
Isolde Kirsten Flagstad
Brangäne Constance Shacklock
Kurwenal Sigurd Bjorling
Tristan Set Svanholm
Melot Geraint Evans
King Mark Norman Walker
Shepherd David Tree
Steersman Rhydderch Davies
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Source - these excerpts were recorded by Eric Mitchell (husband of Constance Shacklock) and were rescued by Victor Godfrey from an old Tea Chest in 1964 when Mitchell/Shacklock were moving house and Mitchell was going to throw all the old acetates in the bin. Many were damaged but many were saved and transferred to tape.
No more of Act 2 seems to exist.
The final 15 minutes of Act 3 have been published by this channel
This was Flagstad's Final stage performance as Isolde.

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Delighted that UA-cam fed me your video, Mark. That's my wonderful Great Aunt Constance.

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Thank you so much for posting this Mark!

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unbelievable- thanks

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it feels like... now i just understood 'why wagner' ... embarassing but for the first time