(RICHARD WAGNER to FRANZ LISZT: 1854)
By 1857. when Wagner began writing some of the most profound love music in all opera. it was more than a memorial to dreams. He was experiencing the real happiness and unhappiness) of love with Mathilde Wesendonk. 13 years his junior, who had become his muse. his Isolde. with Richard Pasco as Richard Wagner
Rosalind Shanks as Mathilde Wesendonk Margery Mason as Minna Wagner
Compiled and narrated by CHRISTOPHER COOK
With musical illustrations from the recording of the opera with KIRSTEN FLAGSTAD and LUDWIG SUTHAUS. conducted by WILHELM FURTWANGLER.
Producer PATRICIA BRENT
(Richard Pasco is a member of the rsc)