Tristan und Isolde – Trans-cendence IX – Gstaad Festival Orchestra III
Opera in concert version
Friday, 23 August 2024
7.30 pm, Gstaad Festival Tent
The most triumphal lyrical scenes amidst the Bernese Oberland ... now, that’s a rare spectacle! Also, we get to see a stellar cast led by Wagner experts Camilla Nylund and Jonas Kaufmann, both currently scaling the peaks of their careers. Kaufmann, who dazzled audiences in the title role of Tannhäuser at the 2023 Salzburg Festival, had previously mesmerised the audience with the second act of Tristan und Isolde in concertante performances in Boston and New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2018. Jonas Kaufmann knows exactly what resonates in Wagner’s world today. Starting off in the Gstaad Festival Tent and later moving to the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (a regular venue for the Gstaad Festival Orchestra), the tenor unfolds the profound tension between heaven and earth: the longing for love and yearning for death. The role holds a treasure trove for Jonas Kaufmann!
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Camilla Nylund, Soprano (Isolde)
Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor (Tristan)
Sasha Cooke, Mezzo-Soprano (Brangäne)
Christof Fischesser, Bass (König Marke)
Todd Boyce, Baritone (Melot / Kurnewal)
Gstaad Festival Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder, Conductor
| Richard Wagner (1813-1883) | |
| Prelude and Good Friday Spell [Karfreitagszauber] from the “sacred festival stage play” “Parsifal” | 20' |
| Act II of the music drama (action in three acts) “Tristan und Isolde” – in a semi-staged performance | 75' |
| 130' (interval included) | |
| CHF 235/170/145/100/70 |
