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Tristan und Isolde
Book • 1900
Tristan und Isolde is a music drama in three acts composed by Richard Wagner.
It is loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg.
The opera premiered on 10 June 1865 at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater in Munich.
The story revolves around the tragic love between Tristan and Isolde, who mistakenly drink a love potion and fall deeply in love, leading to a series of tragic events.
The opera is renowned for its innovative use of leitmotifs and the famous 'Tristan chord,' which creates a perpetual musical tension.
The work culminates in Isolde's 'Liebestod,' a powerful and sensual love song that glorifies the ecstatic union of the lovers in death.
It is loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg.
The opera premiered on 10 June 1865 at the Königliches Hoftheater und Nationaltheater in Munich.
The story revolves around the tragic love between Tristan and Isolde, who mistakenly drink a love potion and fall deeply in love, leading to a series of tragic events.
The opera is renowned for its innovative use of leitmotifs and the famous 'Tristan chord,' which creates a perpetual musical tension.
The work culminates in Isolde's 'Liebestod,' a powerful and sensual love song that glorifies the ecstatic union of the lovers in death.
