Ep. 146 Tristan und Isolde by Wagner

Before the story of Lancelot, Arthur and Guinevere, there was another story of a knight who clandestinely loves the wife of the king. With hazy origins at an unclear point in history, this story has been retold again and again over the centuries… and never quite so powerfully as in Wagner’s masterpiece, Tristan und Isolde.

This opera, though rightly celebrated for its compositional style and its innovations, is most treasured for its majestically beautiful portrayal of two people helplessly tangled up in an irresistible, impossible love.

Join Pat and co-host Gerald Malone for a deep dive into Wagner’s spectacular Tristan und Isolde.

Gerald Malone’s website, TheRestIsOpera.com (therestisopera.com) is brimming with commentary on opera productions that he has seen around the world, as well as “scuttlebutt” about opera from a delightfully well-informed little dog.