91Èȱ¬

Live at 91Èȱ¬ Proms: Glyndebourne Opera's production of Wagner’s Tristan, with Simon O’Neill as Tristan and Miina-Liisa Värelä as Isolde. The LPO conducted by Robin Ticciati.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde

17.00: Act 1

18.25: Interval: Andrew McGregor discusses the legend of Tristan and Isolde with Cornish myths expert Simon Vage. Also, he'll be joined in the Radio 3 box by Nigel Simeone to explain how these myths were shaped by Wagner in this opera and how the piece influenced composers like Debussy and Berg, among others.

18.50: Act 2

20.10: Interval: Andrew McGregor is joined by Natasha Walter to discuss Wagner's women.

20.35: Act 3

Tristan: Simon O’Neill, tenor
Isolde: Miina-Liisa Värelä, soprano
Brangäne: Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano
Kurwenal: Shen Yang, baritone
King Mark: John Relyea, bass
Melot: Neal Cooper, tenor
Shepherd/Young Sailor: Stuart Jackson, tenor

Glyndebourne Festival Opera
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robin Ticciati
conductor

I am still looking for a work with as dangerous a fascination, with as terrible and sweet an infinity as Tristan,’ Nietzsche wrote of Wagner’s great love tragedy. A story about longing and yearning, about an unresolved and unresolvable love, expressed in music that famously denies us resolution until its very final bars, the opera still exerts the same fascination today. Glyndebourne Music Director Robin Ticciati conducts an international cast in a concert performance marking 60 years of the company’s appearances at the Proms.