Tristan und Isolde

American  

[tris-tuhn uhnd i-sohld, ih-sohl-duh, -tan, tris-tahn oont ee-zawl-duh] / ˈtrɪs tən ənd ɪˈsoʊld, ɪˈsoʊl də, -tæn, ˈtrɪs tɑn ʊnt iˈzɔl də /

noun

1. a music drama (composed, 1857–59; première, 1865) by Richard Wagner.

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Example Sentences

He now serves as artistic director of Detroit Opera and has relocated to New York City as he prepares to mount Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” at the Metropolitan Opera in March.

From Los Angeles Times

But if that is what it takes to, say, finance an inevitable overturning of tradition, as Sharon’s new production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” promises at the Met in March, then bring on the “Bohèmes.”

From Los Angeles Times

The ad-hoc festival began with a celebration of the Industry, the most impressive opera lab in America, and a wave goodbye to its founder, Yuval Sharon, who has taken the revolution to Detroit Opera, where he is artistic director, and to the Metropolitan Opera, where he will face the greatest challenge of his career attempting to mend the company’s old Wagnerian ways with radical new productions of “Tristan und Isolde” and the “Ring” cycle.

From Los Angeles Times

In Jerusalem in 2001, he provoked controversy by conducting the Prelude to the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner at the Israel Festival.

From BBC

He’s set to make his debut with the company next season with a new production of “Tristan und Isolde.”

From Los Angeles Times