Tristan und Isolde
John Christie originally founded the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1934 with the intention of putting on Wagner operas on a regular basis, but in the event his new opera house was considered too small.
Sixty-nine years later, in his second opera house, his dream has finally been realised as Wagner comes to Glyndebourne for the first time. The tragic love story is given a new production by German director Nikolaus Lehnhoff. Donald Macleod introduces the performance and meets some of the participants.
Glyndebourne Chorus,
LPO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Acts land 2
9.20 Twenty Minutes: Hearing the Light Artist Jonathon Brown reflects on the significance of Wagner's stage directions in Tristan und Isolde.
9.40 Act 3