Tristan Und Isolde - Tapa blanda

(Schott). Preface * Tristan and Isolde * First Act: Introduction * (concert conclusion) * 1st Scene * 2nd Scene * 3rd Scene * 4th Scene * 5th Scene * Second Act: Introduction * 1st Scene * 2nd Scene * 3rd Scene * Third Act: 1st scene * 2nd Scene * 3rd Scene

English National Opera Guides are ideal companions to the opera. They provide stimulating introductory articles together with the complete text of each opera in English and the original. "A Landmark in Musical History" is John Luke Rose's title for the introduction to this extraordinary piece of theatre. It belongs to the German tradition of mystical writing and a short note on the poem itself by Martin Swales and Timothy McFarland elucidates some of Wagner's literary techniques. Anthony Negus, who assisted Reginald Goodall on the WNO production of this opera, has contributed a penetrating analysis of the musical structure of the opera, while Patrick Carnegy assesses the remarkable solutions to staging an opera which some argue is best experienced with your back to the performers! In association with English National Opera.