TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

Name: TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Start: 2026-02-01T00:00:00
End: 2026-02-01T23:59:00
Location: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Run Dates

2026.02.01 ~ 2026.02.01

Gran Teatre del Liceu

2026.01.28 ~ 2026.01.28

Gran Teatre del Liceu

2026.01.25 ~ 2026.01.26

Gran Teatre del Liceu

2026.01.24 ~ 2026.01.24

Gran Teatre del Liceu

2026.01.20 ~ 2026.01.20

Gran Teatre del Liceu

About the show

Tristan und Isolde is an immense dramatic-musical poem; an infinite song of love and death inspired by the medieval Celtic legend from the 12th century. The first scene takes place on a ship where Tristan is taking Isolde to Cornwall to meet her betrothed, King Marke. A death potion is swapped by servant Brangäne for a love potion, triggering the repressed passion of the protagonists. In the second act, they present one of the most extraordinary scenes of ecstatic love in opera history. After Tristan's death, only Isolde's Transfiguration (Verklärung) remains: a Liebestod that results in one of the most sublime moments in opera. Written between 1857 and 1859 and premiered in Munich in 1865, the opera is the most powerful expression of passionate love that asserts itself against moral norms and divine laws, only finding fulfillment in death.

Creatives

Richard Wagner

Playwright/Author

Bárbara Lluch

Director

Anna Ponces

Assistant Director

Inés García-Pertierra

Assistant Director

Pedro Sotelo

Assistant Director

Yvonne Gebauer

Dramaturg

Véronique Werklé

Music

Vanessa García

Music

Rodrigo de Vera

Music

David-Huy NguyenPhung

Music

Jaume Tribó

Music

Jennifer Michelle Condon

Music

Pablo Assante

Music Director

Susanna Mälkki

Music Director

Urs Schönebaum

Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Clara Peluffo

Costume Designer

Details

Stage direction: Bárbara Lluch Set designer and lighting design: Urs Schönebaum Costumes: Clara Peluffo Dramaturg: Yvonne Gebauer Assistant to the stage direction: Anna Ponces, Inés García-Pertierra Set design assistant: Sarah Bernardy Costume assistant: Agnès Costa Olivé Assistant to the musical direction: Pedro Sotelo Assistant music masters: Véronique Werklé, Vanessa García, Rodrigo de Vera, David-Huy NguyenPhung, Jaume Tribó, Jennifer Michelle Condon Set construction: Allestimenti Arianese Srl Costume production: Maribel RH Realización de Vestuario SL Language Advisor: Roksane Taghikhani Choir Conductor: Pablo Assante Orchestra Conductor: Susanna Mälkki Production: Gran Teatre del Liceu Cast: Clay Hilley (Tristan), Bryan Register (Tristan), Lise Davidsen (Isolde), Elena Pankratova (Isolde), Brindley Sherratt (King Marke), Tomasz Konieczny (Kurwenal), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Roger Padullés (Melot), Albert Casals (A shepherd / A sailor), Milan Perišic (A helmsman) Libretto: Richard Wagner based on Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg

Where it's been performed

Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona

Spain

Barcelona

Spain

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