Isolde
[ih-sohld, ih-sohl-duh; German ee-zawl-duh]
- German name of Iseult.
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Contemporary Examples
“I learned a lot from doing the film Tristan & Isolde,” Franco told Newsweek.
Jim Carrey’s Rant Against ‘Kick-Ass 2’ and 13 Other Stars Who Hate Their Own FilmsMarlow Stern
June 25, 2013
It is claimed to have been the “mother” of such love stories and to have influenced the tale of Tristan and Isolde.
Historical Examples
I can quite sympathize with what you tell me of your mother's dislike for the rôle of Isolde.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Meg—I should say Margaret—shall never sing Isolde with my permission.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Why should I burn myself up with Isolde and weep my heart out with Sieglinde?
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
Tristan und Isolde is the falsifying of all the pet Wagner doctrines—Ah!
Old FogyJames Huneker
It was true that he had resolved to put stars and Isolde alike from his life.
Robert OrangeJohn Oliver Hobbes
Isolde
- the German name of Iseult
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