Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Richard Wagner's opera live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on September 11th, 2018

Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple operatic gesture. Peter Sellars’ production pours oil onto this troubled sea of emotions in an almost dematerialised setting bared of all earthly contingencies whilst Bill Viola presents the lovers’ initiatory quest for nirvana in videos detached from the stage, suspended like altarpieces.

Drama

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Watch Providers

Amazon Video

Similar Films

  • Parsifal - Teatro Massimo 2020
  • Hannah and Her Sisters
  • The Metropolitan Opera: Norma
  • Theodora
  • Der Schatzgräber
  • Aida - Arena di Verona
  • Maria
  • Farinelli
  • Birth
  • ファントム
  • La Voix humaine
  • Pagliacci
  • Operette
  • Amadeus
  • Moonstruck
  • Poulenc: La Voix Humaine / Bartók: Le Château de Barbe-Bleue
  • Puccini: Manon Lescaut
  • Lucia di Lammermoor
  • Tosca
  • Wagner: Parsifal

NextFilm 2025