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Tristan und Isolde

BBC Radio 3
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Music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner (sung in German)
Welsh National Opera production, conducted by Reginald Goodall (whose 79th birthday it is today)
"Why does opera matter? Because when it is like this Goodall Tristan, it is the ritual of enlightenment." (THE GUARDIAN)
MALE CHORUS OF WELSH NATIONAL OPERA, chorus-master JULIAN SMITH
ORCHESTRA OF WELSH NATIONAL OPERA leader JOHN STEIN
The action takes place in Arthurian times. Act 1

Contributors

Composer:
Richard Wagner
Conducted by:
Reginald Goodall
Chorus Master:
Julian Smith
Orchestra Leader:
John Stein
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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