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DVD : Tristan und IsoldeIn association with Amazon.com 
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0809478009887 Format: Box set, Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: BBC / Opus Arte Manufacturer: BBC / Opus Arte Number Of Discs: 3 Number Of Items: 3 Publisher: BBC / Opus Arte Release Date: February 26, 2008 Running Time: 358 minutes Studio: BBC / Opus Arte Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 33856 MPN: 988 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Description: Glyndebourne's celebrated production of Nikolaus Lehnhoff's Tristan und Isolde is gravely beautiful, haunting and meditative. Nina Stemme's Isolde and Robert Gambill's Tristan are matched by a superb performancce from Rene Pape. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Great Production ... This is a wonderful production of my favorite Wagner opera ... Nina Stemme's achingly beautiful voice is masterful. Worth every penny and it will be watched often. Rating: - Superlative productionThis is one of the most dramatically gripping operas on DVD that I have ever seen. The production from Glyndebourne is conceived to convey the intense drama of this tragic love story visally and musically. The unit set is unusual, a concentric crescent that changes appearance radically with lighting. The effect is highly dramatic. The singers are superb. Nina Stemme is a fierce, angry Isolde in the first act narrative, but then she and Tristan take the potion. WOW. The second act builds beautifully ... Read More Rating: - A triumphThis the the third Tristan to appear this year, not too long after the Met's DVD issue. As usual all of these have something very strong going for them,and for fully committed Wagnerians like myself, we take all three and know I will view them repeatedly. The Glyndebourne production,minimal, is my choice, as it has the capital virtue of not introducing the distracting gimmicks we find in Bayreuth, where Isolde's train in Act 1 is absurd, and the end is controversial. In Barcelona the sets are rather ... Read More Rating: - Another wonderful TristanAfter getting the video of the Ponnelle/Barenboim/Johanna Meier "Tristan und Isolde" which was delisted many years ago, and while I was waiting for it to come out on DVD cleaned up with a better quality of sound, I bought other versions. For my taste, I found them all substandard (see my review of the aforementioned "Tristan"). Then it was issued as a DVD and judging from the many positive reviews most people found it as excellent a production as I did. Now there is an embarasse de richesse ... Read More Rating: - To die in order to live: a brilliant performance of TristanBy Wagner's own written comments, composition of Tristan und Isolde was inspired by his love affair with Mathilde Wesendonck and the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. Mathilde had married the silk merchant Otto Wesendonck, who was a great admirer of Wagner's music, and after he and Mathilde met the composer in Zurich in 1852, he placed a large cottage on his estate at Wagner's disposal. By 1857, Wagner had become thoroughly enamored with Mathilde. Wagner wrote voluminously and admitted to returning the many ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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