| The Royal Opera - Tristan und Isolde Reviews | 20 April 2024 |
Nina Stemme (Isolde)
Stephen Gould (Tristan), Sarah Connolly (Brangäne)
Nina Stemme (Isolde), Stephen Gould (Tristan), Sarah Connolly (Brangäne)
John Tomlinson (King Mark)
Nina Stemme (Isolde)
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Tristan und IsoldeThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 19 | |
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 18 Dec 14 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Soloists at the top of their game are only half the story in Royal Opera’s thrilling revival |
| 15 Dec 14 / The Observer |
Tristan und Isolde is an unforgettable evening |
| 14 Dec 14 / Express |
Powerful revival of a minimalist production |
| 14 Dec 14 / Financial Times |
All in all, this a Tristan that simply has to be seen - and heard |
| 13 Dec 14 / The Jewish Chronicle |
Musically, the evening is exceptional |
| 11 Dec 14 / Music OMH |
Bravo to both Tristan (Gould) und Isolde (Stemme) for some truly amazing vocal feats |
| 11 Dec 14 / A Younger Theatre |
Five hours of the most glorious music |
| 11 Dec 14 / Express |
Eternal love is in the air |
| 10 Dec 14 / The Arts Desk |
A cleverly austere production that allows the music to speak for itself |
| 10 Dec 14 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Overwhelming and emotionally magnificent |
| 9 Dec 14 / Independent |
Nina Stemme returns, supreme as Isolde, blazing in anger, gloriously lyrical in love |
| 9 Dec 14 / Evening Standard |
An effective piece of work made indelibly memorable by some outstanding singing |
| 9 Dec 14 / The Stage |
Despite fine singing Christof Loy’s Tristan seems misconceived |
| 9 Dec 14 / Seen and Heard |
Haunting revival of 2009 production |
| 8 Dec 14 / The Guardian |
Stemme and Gould light up Tristan und Isolde at the Royal Opera |
| 8 Dec 14 / Bachtrack |
The Orchestra was on blazing extrovert form |
| 8 Dec 14 / Classical Source |
An Isolde possessed by demons |
| 7 Dec 14 / Telegraph |
Christof Loy's 2009 production revived for the first time with a superlative cast |
| 7 Dec 14 / What's on Stage |
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Nina Stemme: 'I have no interest in being a media product'
As the greatest dramatic soprano in the world returns to Covent Garden in Tristan und Isolde, she tells how she's grown into the role and why she'll never sing crossover.
As the greatest dramatic soprano in the world returns to Covent Garden in Tristan und Isolde, she tells how she's grown into the role and why she'll never sing crossover.
Production details
Cast
Gould, Stemme, Tomlinson, Paterson, Cooper, Connolly, Clark, Yurchuk, Lyon
(c) Pappano (d) Loy
Performance dates
5, 8, 11, 14(m), 17, 21(m) December 2014
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