Tristan und Isolde. Operakoret |
Given that there are no new broadcasts from Bayreuth today, we thought, should you have missed it, you might like to listen to some recent Tristan from London. And should you be new to Tristan you might want to listen to a rather detailed and novel introduction by clicking here
Saturday 27 July
5.00pm – c11.00pm
Royal Albert Hall
Tristan and Isolde (284 mins)
(concert performance; sung in German)
- Robert Dean Smith tenor (Tristan)
- Kwangchui Youn bass, Proms debut artist (King Mark)
- Violeta Urmana soprano (Isolde)
- Boaz Daniel baritone (Kurwenal)
- David Wilson-Johnson baritone (Melot)
- Mihoko Fujimura mezzo-soprano (Brangäne)
- Edward Price baritone (Steersman)
- Andrew Staples tenor (Shepherd/Young Sailor)
- BBC Singers
- BBC Symphony Chorus
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Semyon Bychkov conductor