"Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde" Preview
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Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s meditation on love and death.
Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s meditation on love and death with tenor Michael Spyres as the love-drunk Tristan. The production features new staging by director Yuval Sharon and is Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading this opera at the Met.
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"Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde" Preview
Preview: Season 54 Episode 1 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s meditation on love and death with tenor Michael Spyres as the love-drunk Tristan. The production features new staging by director Yuval Sharon and is Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading this opera at the Met.
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Starring Lise Davidsen and Michael Spyres and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Don't miss this stunning new production of Tristan und Isolde on Great Performances at the Met.
Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen as The Met's Tristan Und Isolde
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Clip: S54 Ep1 | 2m 1s | Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen, as the title characters, sing an excerpt from Act II. (2m 1s)
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