Opera: Tristan and Isolde

The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

with

• Gerhard Siegel, tenor (Tristan)
• Nina Stemme, soprano (Isolde)
• Okka von der Damerau, mezzo-soprano (Brangäne)
• Ain Anger, bass (King Marke)
• Alan Held, bass-baritone (Kurwenal)
• Sean Michael Plumb, baritone (Melot)
• Matthew Plenk, tenor (Young Sailor/Shepherd)
• Francisco X. Prado, baritone (Steersman)
• Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

In Tristan and Isolde the 19th century’s Romantic Era reached its climax. Here, Wagner wrote powerful music unending longing (and unresolved harmony) – of a doomed love that reaches its full potential only through death. Renowned dramatic soprano Nina Stemme returns to Cleveland to join a cast of internationally acclaimed singers, together with the clarity and power of The Cleveland Orchestra.

Sung in German with projected English supertitles.

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