Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
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Actor: Daniel Barenboim, Hanna Schwarz, Johanna Meier, Matti Salminen, Rene KolloDirector: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Brand: Meier
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: German (Original Language), DTS 5.1; German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 247 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Movie Reviews of Wagner - Tristan und Isolde
Movie Review: Great production, weak cast
Summary: 3 Stars
I have mixed feelings about this Tristan production. As many have mentioned it has the best production of all the Tristans, that is the number 1 reason for get this DVD. However, I cannot understand the praises for Johanna Meier, she's one of the weakest Isolde I have heard, sounding very old and husky and lacking the fire and brilliance I expect from a Isolde. She alone pulls down this Tristan greatly. Kollo and Schwartz are not bad but neither are they fantastic, both vocally and visually. Add in the aged video quality and I don't find this Tristan to be a must have.
Overall, if you are picky about production and detest the new school of opera production then it's hard not to recommend this DVD to you. However, for those of you who are more open minded and adventurous I recommend this M?ller DVD instead: Wagner: Tristan und Isolde. Yes, the production is minimal, it is abstract, and I ended up hating what they did to the act 2's staging, but the cast is stronger, the acting is better and the video quality much better. Waltraud Meier might show more strain in the high notes than Johanna, but she gives a much more soaring, and dramatic Isolde.
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Movies most talked about in Tristan und Isolde Recordings on CD and DVD; study materials
Richard Wagner: Tristan Und Isolde - KnappertsbuschPublished: 1987; Music CD
Tristan und Isolde in Full Scoreby Richard Wagner
Dover Publications; Published: 1973-06-01; Paperback; Book
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The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan and Isoldeby Chafe
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2008-08-12; Paperback; Book
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Death-Devoted Heart: Sex and Sacred in Wagner's Tristan and Isoldeby Roger Scruton
Oxford University Press, USA; Published: 2003-12-18; Hardcover; Book
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Tristan und Isolde: Teil 2 (German Edition)by Gottfried von Strassburg
Adamant Media Corporation; Published: 2002-04-02; Paperback; Book
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Tristan und Isolde: Teil 1 (German Edition)by Gottfried von Strassburg
Adamant Media Corporation; Published: 2002-04-01; Paperback; Book
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Wagner: Tristan und IsoldeRelease date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Meier, Jerusalem, Lipovsek, Struckmann, Heilmann, Botha; BarenboimRelease date: 1995-08-01; Music CD
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Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde / Charbonnet, Forbis, Fujimura, Dohmen, Reiter, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jordan, Py (Grand Theatre de Geneve 2005)Release date: 2006-08-08; DVD
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Wagner - Tristan und Isolde / Heppner, Eaglen, Pape, Dalayman, Ketelsen, Metropolitan OperaRelease date: 2004-03-09; DVD
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