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Tristan und Isolde
Live from Covent Garden. Wagner's revolutionary opera erupts at the Royal
Opera House for the first time in 20 years. Herbert Wernicke's new production stars American tenor Jon Frederic West and German soprano Gabriele Schnaut as the lovers whose passion threatens to destroy everyone and everything around them.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conductor Bernard Haitink Wagner Tristan und Isolde Act
6.25 Interval: The Wagner Effect
Christopher Cook seeks to reveal the allure and enduring power of Wagner's drama, thought and music.
7.05 Act 2
8.20 Interval: III Said, III Sung
An investigation into the role of music in the works of Samuel Beckett , with contributions from colleagues and friends.
9.00 Act 3

Contributors

Tenor:
Jon Frederic West
Soprano:
Gabriele Schnaut
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Wagner Tristan
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Tristan:
Jon Frederic West (tenor)
Isolde:
Gabriele Schnaut (soprano)
Brangane, her companion:
Petra Lang (soprano)
Kurwenal, Tristan's squire:
Alan Titus(baritone)
King Mark, Tristan's uncle:
Peter Rose(bass)
Melot a courtier:
Christopher Booth-Jones(tenor)
Shepherd:
Peter Auty(tenor)
Steersman:
Graeme Broadbent(baritone)
Young sailor:
Timothy Robinson(tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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