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Lessons from Tristan
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Tristan and Isolde Welsh National Opera La Traviata ENO
It's more than three years since there was a production of Wagner's ultimate masterpiece, Tristan und Isolde, in the UK, and I have been looking forward eagerly to Welsh National Opera's revival of the one they share with Scottish Opera. Yannis Kokkos, who was the original designer and director, pays tribute in the programme to the great Swiss designer Adolphe Appia, and his sets, spare, concentrating the action and suggesting a...
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`Tristan und Isolde'
Chicago Sun-Times
; Through March 4 Lyric Opera of Chicago 20 N. Wacker Limited ticket availability (312) 332-2244 Highly recommended Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" is an opera of extremes on many levels. It offers one of opera's most exacting vocal tests, especially for the tenor attempting the role of Tristan. Over
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SALE OF ACT III WON'T AFFECT LOCAL PROJECT, SAYS KASSAB
The Columbian
; AP, Columbian The Columbian 10-21-1997 PORTLAND — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. announced Monday it will acquire the Act III Theatres chain for $660 million, ending more than two months of sale rumors. Portland-based Act III operates 129 theaters with more than 800 screens in Washington,
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Tristan und Isolde
Fanfare
; WAGNER Tristan und Isolde * Daniel Barenboim, cond; Ren Kollo (Tristan); Johanna Meier (Isolde); Matti Salminen (King Marke); Hermann Becht (Kurwenal); Hanna Schwarz (Brangne); Robert Schunk (Melot, A young sailor); Martin Egel (Helmsman); Bayreuth Festival O & Ch * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
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Lessons from Tristan
The Spectator
; Tristan and Isolde Welsh National Opera La Traviata ENO It's more than three years since there was a production of Wagner's ultimate masterpiece, Tristan und Isolde, in the UK, and I have been looking forward eagerly to Welsh National Opera's revival of the one they share with Scottish Opera.
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The Tristan test
Opera News
; Why does Wagner's masterpiece terrify heroic tenors? When we meet Beethovens Flo- restan in his dungeon, he cries out "God, what darkness here!" The line starts on high G: yearning and the upper middle of the tenor voice are natural soulmates in Romantic opera. Tamino, midway through his journey,
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WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde
Opera News
; WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde Stemme, Karnus; Gambill, Skovhus, Pape; London Philharmonie Orchestra, Glyndeboume Chorus, Blohldvek. Production: Lehnhoff. Of us Arte OA 0988D, 350 rains., subtitled There is so much of importance in Tristan that most performances only take wing in one of the three acts.
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Wagner's Finest Hours; 'Tristan' Makes a Triumphant Return
The Washington Post
; Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde," that vast, glorious delirium in three acts, returned to the Kennedy Center Opera House Saturday night for the first time in 18 years. It was yet another triumph for the Washington Opera, which has saved its best for last this season, going from strength to
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INTEREST IN ACT III CHAIN REPORTEDLY ON SALE BLOCK
The Columbian
; The Columbian, Associated Press The Columbian 08-21-1997 The trade paper Daily Variety says producer Norman Lear, who owns 68 percent of the Act III theater chain, has hired an investment bank to seek a buyer. Such a sale could draw as much as $550 million, according to Variety. Act III is the
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Minnesota Orchestra overwhelms singers in `Tristan und Isolde'.(NEWS)(Review)
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
; Richard Wagner once said that a great performance of his opera Tristan und Isolde would drive the audience mad. He didn't mean that the audience would be provoked to anger but that it would be pushed to a mood of frenzy due to the eroticism and endlessly delayed resolutions in the music, to say
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Video -- Wagner's Tristan und Isolde featuring Birgit Nilsson, Wolfgang Windgassen and others and conducted by Pierre Boulez
Opera News
; WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde * Nilsson, Toepper; Windgassen, Andersson, Hotter, Nienstedt, Paskuda, Feiersinger; Osaka Fest., Boulez. Live perf., April 10, 1967. Legato Classics VHS LCV-005 (2), 206 mins., black & white. No subtitles Watching this Tristan is an overwhelming experience, even given
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