Details

First performed 1865. Set in the time of legend. A ship between Ireland and Cornwall with Tristan taking Isolde to be the bride of the King of Cornwall. Tristan refuses to see Isolde on the ship as he was wounded in slaying her original betrothed though she'd nursed him back. She tells Brangane, her attendant, to prepare them a poison but she substitutes a love potion and they declare their mutual love. Isolde marries the king but meets Tristan secretly, until they are discovered and the king is distraught and Tristan lets himself be wounded in a fight with the kings friend Merlot before leaving for Brittany. Waiting for Isolde to come Tristan is sad but when she does arrive he tears off his bandages and dies in her arms, meanwhile a ship bearing Merlot arrives and he and Tristan's servant Kurwenal die fighting each other - though actually Merlot had come to forgive Tristan.

Creatives/Company

Music: Wagner
Lyrics: Wagner

Archive listings for Tristan and Isolde

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T01670623370

Conductor Stephen Barlow. Director Charlie Edwards. Design Charlie Edwards. Company The Gascoigne Orchestra. Performer Gwtn Hughes Jones (Tristan). Performer Rachel Nicholls (Isolde). Performer Christine Rice (Brangane). Performer David Stout (Kurwenal). Performer Matthew Rose (King Marke). Performer Mark le Brocq (Melot / Sailor).
8 Jun 23 to 9 Jul 23Grange Park Opera, West Horsley :: V01390425589
listing details L1327375582

T0133646748

Concert VersionProducer Grange Park Opera. Conductor Martyn Brabbins. Performer Bryan Register (Tristan). Performer Anja Kampe (Isolde). Performer Clive Bayley (Konig Marke). Performer Sara Fulgoni (Brangane). Performer Stephen Gadd (Kurwenal).
13 Jul 16 to 16 Jul 16Grange Park Opera, West Horsley :: V01390425589
listing details L1153431759

T1650121154

Sung in English with surtitlesProducer English National Opera. Conductor edward Gardner. Director Daniel Kramer. Design Anish Kapoor. Costume Christina Cunningham. Lighting Peter Mumford. Design Frieder Weiss (video). Performer Stuart Skelton (Tristan). Performer Matthew Rose (Marke). Performer Heidi Melton (Isolde). Performer Craig Colclough (Kurwenal). Performer Karen Cargill (Brangaene). Performer Stephen Rooke (Melot). Performer David Webb (A Young Sailor). Performer Peter Van Hulle (A Shepherd). Performer Paul Sheehan (A Helmsman).
9 Jun 16 to 9 Jul 16London Coliseum, West End :: V376
listing details L0323822792

T0850942492

Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time: approx. 4hrs 55mins inclu. two intervals.Producer Royal Opera. Producer Houston Grand Opera. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Director Christof Loy. Design Johannes Leiacker. Lighting Olaf Winter. DramaturgMarion Tiedtke. Performer Stephen Gould (Tristan). Performer John Tomlinson (King Marke). Performer Nina Stemme (Isolde). Performer Iain Paterson (Kurwenal). Performer Sarah Connolly (Brangane). Performer Neal Cooper (Melot). Performer Ed Lyon (Sailor). Performer Luis Gomes (Shepherd). Performer Yuriy Yurchuk (Steersman). Company Royal Opera Chorus. Conductor Orchestra of the Royal Opera House.
5 Dec 14 to 21 Dec 14Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L0124529073

T146283114

Company Welsh National Opera.
16 Jun 12Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145
listing details L01333426515
19 May 12 to 2 Jun 12Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935
listing details L451501453

T02080644703

Generous philanthropic support from Peter and Barbara Elliston (Benefactors), and The Wagner Circle.Producer Royal Opera. Producer Houston Grand Opera. Conductor Antonio Pappano. Director Christof Loy. Design Johannes Leiacker. Lighting Olaf Winter. Performer Ben Heppner (Tristan). Performer Nina Stemme (Isolde). Performer Sophie Koch (Brangane). Performer Matti Salminen (King Marke - not Sep 29 Oct 2 / 5). Performer John Tomlinson (Sep 29 Oct 2 / 5). Performer Michael Volle (Kurwenal). Performer Richard Berkeley-Steele (Melot). Performer Ryland Davies (Shepherd). Performer Ji-Min Park (Sailor). Performer Dawid Kimberg (Steersman).
29 Sep 09 to 18 Oct 09Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L1334381600

T0999014810

Supported by a syndicate of individuals. Sung in German with English supertitles.Company Glyndebourne Opera. Conductor Vladimir Jurowski. Director Nikolaus Lehnhoff (original director). Director Daniel Dooner (revival director). Design Roland Aeschlimann. Costume Andrea Schmidt-Futterer. Lighting Robin Carter. Other Thomas Blunt (chorus master). Performer Torsten Kerl (Tristan). Performer Amja Kampe (Isolde). Performer Sara Connolly (Brangane - Aug 6 / 10 / 18 / 22 / 26 / 30). Performer Katarina Karneus (Brangane - Aug 14). Performer Andrzej Dobber (Kurwenal). Performer Georg Zeppenfeld (King Mark). Performer Trevor Scheunemann (Melot). Performer Andrew Kennedy (Shepherd). Performer Peter Gijsbertsen (Sailor). Performer Richard Mosley-Evans (Steersman).
6 Aug 09 to 30 Aug 09Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671
listing details L726881305

T13331227

Company The Metropolitan Opera. Performer Deborah Voight (soprano). Performer Ben Heppner (tenor).
22 Mar 08Barbican Centre, West End :: V371
listing details L01675357758

T0688687078

Sung in German with English surtitlesCompany Welsh National Opera. Company Scottish Opera. Conductor Mark Wigglesworth. Performer Annalena Persson. Performer Robert Hayward. Performer John MacMaster.
9 Dec 06Liverpool Empire Theatre, Liverpool :: V534
listing details L01152647022
2 Dec 06Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774
listing details L1424999938
18 Nov 06Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856
listing details L01929701091
11 Nov 06Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145
listing details L0687768086
28 Oct 06Venue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre), Llandudno :: V848
listing details L807025880
21 Oct 06New Theatre, Oxford :: V802
listing details L01143593681
30 Sep 06 to 7 Oct 06Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff :: V1984858935
listing details L1566199064

T0790040629

Sung in German with English supertitles. A new production for the 2003 season which has been made possible with the generous support of a group of individual donors.Producer Glyndebourne Opera. Conductor Juri Belohlavek. Director Nikolaus Lehnhogg. Design Roland Aeschlimann. Lighting Roland Aeschlimann. Costume Andrea Schmidt-Futterer. Lighting Robin Carter (associate lighting designer). Performer Robert Gambill (Tristan). Performer Nina Stemme (Isolde). Performer Yvonne Wiedstruck (Brangane). Performer Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal). Performer Rene Pape (King Marke). Performer Peter Rose (King Marke Jun 29 / Jul4). Performer Richard Decker (Richard Decker (Melot). Performer Timothy Robinson (A shepherd / A young sailor).
19 May 03 to 4 Jul 03Glyndebourne, Lewes :: V671
listing details L02132031694

T01906408579

Original production supported by the ENO audience in association with English National Opera Trust.Company English National Opera. Conductor Dietfried Bernet. Director David Alden. Design Ian MacNeil. Lighting Wolfgang Gobbel. Translation Andrew Porter. Performer David Rendall (Tristan). Performer Susan Bollock (Isolde). Performer Jane Irwin (Brangane). Performer Matthew Best (King Marke). Performer Jonathan Summers (Kurwenal). Performer Leigh Melrose (Melot). Performer Rhys Meirion (Sailor). Performer Alasdair Elliott (Shepherd).
24 May 03 to 8 Jun 03London Coliseum, West End :: V376
listing details L833149676

Act 3 - T01674444107

Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Donald Runnicles. Performer Christine Brewer (Isolde). Performer John Treleaven (Tristan).
19 Feb 03Barbican Centre, West End :: V371
listing details L935612932

T1794792627

Company BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Donald Runnicles. Performer Christine Brewer (Isolde). Performer John Treleaven (Tristan). Performer Peter Rose (King Mark). Performer Dagmar Peckova (Brangane). Performer Jared Holt (Melot). Music Strauss (Metamorphosen). Music Wagner (Tristan and Isolde Act 2).
5 Feb 03Barbican Centre, West End :: V371
listing details L01624006470

T01899606055

Sung in German with English surtitles. Running time 5 hours 30 minutes. Sponsored (2000) by the Benefactors' Circle and The Friends of Covent Garden.Company Royal Opera. Conductor Bernard Haitink. Performer Ben Heppner (Tristan). Performer Gabriele Schnaut (Isolde). Performer Alan Titus (Kurwenal). Performer Petra Lang (Brangane). Performer Robert Lloyd (King Marke). Performer Quentin Hayes (Melot). Performer Peter Auty (Sailor). Performer Alfred Boe (Shepherd). Performer Grant Doyle (Steerman).
5 Apr 02 to 21 Apr 02Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L0605843912

T0149980012

Dramatised Concert Performanc. Sung in German. In collaboration with Bochum Symphoniker.Company Opera North. Conductor Steven Sloane. Director Keith Warner. Lighting David Cunningham. Performer Mark Lundberg (Tristan). Performer Susan Bullock (Isolde). Performer John Wegner (Kurwenal). Performer Donald McIntyre (King Marke).
3 Mar 01Theatre Royal, Nottingham :: V462
listing details L2012822105
24 Feb 01The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499
listing details L0344317827
17 Feb 01City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V135348455
listing details L01948893728
17 Feb 01Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne :: V570
listing details L187663265
27 Jan 01 to 30 Jan 01Town Hall, Leeds :: V0838583178
listing details L949135615
27 Jan 01 to 10 Feb 01Grand Theatre and Opera House, Leeds :: V975
listing details L983852479

T02086400050

New Production.Company Royal Opera. Conductor Bernard Haitink. Director Herbert Wernicke. Design Herbert Wernicke. Lighting Herbert Wernicke. Performer Jon Frederic West (Tristan). Performer Gabriele Schnaut (Isolde). Performer Petra Lang (Brangane). Performer Alan Titus (Kurwenal). Performer Peter Rose (King Marke). Performer Christopher Booth-Jones (Melot). Performer Peter Auty. Performer Timothy Robinson. Performer Graeme Broadbent.
14 Oct 00 to 9 Nov 00Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L01105038303

T2081690105

With a newly created two piano accompaniment and a new English translation by [Carlos Wagner], this will be an intimate staging of one of the greatest of all operas.Company Camberwell Pocket Opera. Translation Carlos Wagner. Director Jeremy Silver (music). Director Mark Tinkler. Design Annabel Lee. Performer Penelope Chalmer. Performer Heather Fryer. Performer Russell Hibberd. Performer Declan Kelly. Performer Gerard O'Connor. Performer Keel Watson.
22 Jun 00The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499
listing details L2046582053
31 May 00Hall for Cornwall, Truro :: V1183
listing details L175269467
22 May 00 to 27 May 00Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L02093036328

T844954004

Sung in German, revivalCompany Welsh National Opera. Choreographer Kate Flatt. Conductor Carlo Rizzi. Design Yannis Kokkos. Lighting Guido Levi. Performer Jeffrey Lawton (Tristan). Performer Grant Dickson (King). Performer Mary Lloyd Davies (Isolde). Performer Jonathan Summers (Kurwenal). Performer Richard Berkley-Steele (Melot). Performer Anne-Marie Owens (Brangaene).
17 Jul 99Venue Cymru (formerly - North Wales Theatre), Llandudno :: V848
listing details L01250251524
10 Jul 99Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856
listing details L1645740488
6 Jul 99Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol :: V856
listing details L167535584
29 Jun 99 to 3 Jul 99New Theatre, Oxford :: V802
listing details L221257126
29 Jun 99 to 3 Jul 99New Theatre, Oxford :: V802
listing details L752826889
26 Jun 99Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham :: V145
listing details L0617971568
19 Jun 99 to 26 Jun 99Mayflower Theatre, Southampton :: V774
listing details L619048358
1 Jun 99 to 5 Jun 99New Theatre, Cardiff :: V823
listing details L1796844388

T01904608097

The great tale of love and jealousy recreated with puppets, projection and live music.Adapted by Nick Stimpson.
4 Jun 99Little Angel Theatre, Inner London :: V209
listing details L010275411

T1251100423

For everyone over 8 years old. Large sculptural puppets, projected photographic images, shadows, storytelling and song, bring to life the story of Tristan and isolde, who, after both drinking the Magic Potion of Love, are bound to love each other for three whole years and a day.Company Puppetcraft.
1 Jun 99 to 2 Jun 99Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds :: V76
listing details L0169474133

T531582735

Sung in German, English surtitles.Company Scottish Opera. Conductor Richard Armstrong. Director Peter Watson. Design Yannis Kokkos. Lighting Guido Levi. Performer Jeffrey Lawton. Performer Eva-Maria Bundschuh.
21 Nov 98Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600
listing details L0182991398
17 Nov 98Festival Theatre, Edinburgh :: V600
listing details L0858191493
17 Oct 98 to 7 Nov 98Theatre Royal, Glasgow :: V623
listing details L01404374002

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4 Nov 99Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton :: V918
listing details L01563484194
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