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2024–25 Season

Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde

Jun 1 - Jun 8, 2025

Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde

Jun 1 - Jun 8, 2025

Featured Artists

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Conductor

Nina Stemme

Soprano (Isolde)

Stuart Skelton

Tenor (Tristan)

The unbridled passion and cold-hearted revenge of Wagner’s scandalous yet influential opera in a rare concert performance, as Yannick leads the Orchestra and a cast of world-class singers, bringing every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score to life. 

With its portrayals of unbridled passion and cold-hearted revenge, Wagner’s opera scandalized audiences at its 1865 premiere, but this masterwork proved to be one of the most influential scores ever written, inspiring generations of composers. In this rare concert performance, you’ll hear every detail and nuance of this richly harmonic score, as Yannick leads the Orchestra and a cast of some of the world’s great singers. 

The cast of top opera stars includes two artists known for their characterizations of the romantic leads. Soprano Nina Stemme has inhabited the role of Isolde, capturing the fury and longing of a woman trapped; a magnificent performer declared by The Telegraph as “without question… today’s greatest dramatic soprano.” Tenor Stuart Skelton is world-renowned for his portrayal of Tristan, the seafaring adventurer caught in an impossible love triangle, winning reviews like this one from The Independent: “Stuart Skelton’s superbly mellifluous, heroic tenor is ample reason by itself to see the show.”

Running time: approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes, with two intermissions 

Program

Wagner

Tristan and Isolde

Additional Performance Information