Tristan und Isolde

[ tris-tuhn uhnd i-sohld, ih-sohl-duh, -tan; German tris-tahn oont ee-zawl-duh ]

noun

1. a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.

Example Sentences

Sharon also will direct a new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” in 2026.

From Los Angeles Times

It was an enormous undertaking, a performance of Wagner’s opera “Tristan und Isolde” at the then-new Frank Gehry hall, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, staging by Peter Sellars and video by Viola on a massive, newly developed, high-definition screen.

From Los Angeles Times

He will devote more time to opera — Wagner’s “Parsifal” in concert at the Paris Philharmonie and a staged “Tristan und Isolde” in Seoul are planned — and hopes to lead more Bruckner.

From Seattle Times

I had never made the connection between Salome’s final scene and Isolde’s climactic Liebestod in Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.”

From New York Times

She is to sing Act 2 of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” for the first time in concert with conductor Simon Rattle and tenor Stuart Skelton with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in concert on Nov. 1 and 3 in Munich, then sings “Tosca” at the Met starting Nov. 12 and Leonore in Beethoven’s “Fidelio” there opening on March 4.

From Seattle Times