Inspired by Wagner’s own tortured affair with the wife of his patron, this searing masterwork is based on Arthurian legend and tells of an illicit romance between a Breton nobleman and the Irish princess betrothed to his uncle and king. The composer’s larger-than-life sensibilities are on full display throughout the score: Along with intoxicating orchestral music that surges in tandem with the couple’s burgeoning passion and a chord left symbolically unresolved until the last moments of the opera, the opera also features one of the repertory’s most soaring and ecstatic final climaxes, as Isolde surrenders to a love so powerful that she transcends life itself.
Cast
Crew
Brian Large
Director
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Susan Erben
Producer
Victoria Warivonchik
Associate Producer
Dieter Dorn
Production Design
Sylvia Nolan
Costume Designer
Jürgen Rose
Costume Designer, Set Designer
William Malloy
Wardrobe Supervisor
Magda Szayer
Hairstylist
Victor Callegari
Makeup Artist
Bill King
Sound Supervisor
Max Keller
Lighting Design
Richard Wagner
Original Music Composer
Jay David Saks
Music Producer
Ron Washburn
Technical Supervisor
Joseph Volpe
General Manager
James Levine
Conductor, Art Direction
