Tristan und Isolde – review
Tristan und Isolde – reviewThe GuardianBen Heppner's Tristan was uneven. If there were occasional glimpses of the golden era of his signature role, they were tantalisingly few, and while his tenderness towards Isolde was manifest – this revival under Peter Watson was more touchy-feely than ...Tristan und Isolde, WNO, Wales Millennium Centre, reviewTelegraph.co.ukall 2 news articles »
Tristan und Isolde, Welsh National Opera
Tristan und Isolde, Welsh National OperaThe Arts DeskIts Meistersinger of two summers ago is already the stuff of legend (and alas not likely to return to reality); farther back one recalls a more than respectable Parsifal, a notable Ring cycle, and an old Tristan under Goodall that's still talked about ...and more »
A Drama Queen With Her Head On Straight
A Drama Queen With Her Head On StraightNew York TimesAnd she won't resurface there until the 2016-17 season, when she will star in both Strauss's “Elektra” and a new Willy Decker production of Wagner's “Tristan und Isolde.” Until then New Yorkers will have to content themselves with a glimpse of her on ...
Fischer-Dieskau's 12 best recordings
Fischer-Dieskau's 12 best recordingsThe Guardian (blog)Wagner Tristan und Isolde The young Fischer-Dieskau as Kurwenal on the classic 1950s Furtwängler (the singer's favourite conductor) recording. Fischer-Dieskau's early Wagner recordings are all outstanding. 4. Schubert Die Schöne Mullerin This list ...and more »
Wachner and Washington Chorus deftly navigate 'Essential Wagner'
Wachner and Washington Chorus deftly navigate 'Essential Wagner'Washington PostWagner is a challenge to conduct, especially with an orchestra that doesn't regularly play together, and Wachner didn't shy away from the big guns: Isolde's “Liebestod” from “Tristan und Isolde,” the overture to “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg,” and ...Wagner program reconciled the beauty of the music with the complexity of the manExaminer.comall 2 news articles »