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Tristan und Isolde Music-drama in three acts, with words and music by Wagner, in the 1966 Bayreuth Festival production. (sung in German) AND ORCHESTRA/KARL BOHM Records

Contributors

Young sailor:
Peter Schreier (tenor)
Isolde, an Irish princess:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Brangane, her attendant:
Christa Ludwig (mezzo)
Kurwenal, Tristan's henchman:
Eberhard Wachter (bar)
Tristan, a Cornish knight:
Wolfgang Windgassen
Melot, a courtier of Marke:
Claude Heater (baritone)
King Marke of Cornwall:
Martti Talvela (bass)
Shepherd:
Erwin Wohlfahrt (tenor)
Steersman:
Gerd Nienstedt (bass)
BAYREUTH:
Festival Chorus
Source: Radio Times

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