Wagner: Tristan und Isolde 2018 Directed by Peter Sellars , Bill Viola
Richard Wagner's opera live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on September 11th, 2018
Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple operatic gesture. Peter Sellars’ production pours oil onto this troubled sea of emotions in an almost dematerialised setting bared of all earthly contingencies whilst Bill Viola presents the lovers’ initiatory quest for nirvana in videos detached from the stage, suspended like altarpieces.
Cast
Andreas Schager
Tristan
Martina Serafin
Isolde
René Pape
König Marke
Matthias Goerne
Kurwenal
Ekaterina Gubanova
Brangäne
Philippe Jordan
Self - Conductor
