Tristan Und Isolde

Find out why 'Tristan and Isolde' is Richard Wagner's most beloved opera in this filmed production. This 3-disc set features a recorded performance by the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2008, starring John Treleaven and Deborah Polaski, and sung in its original German. Witness the classic story of Isolde, the heiress to the Irish throne, who intends to give the knight Sir Tristan a poison that will kill them both, but instead serves him a love potion. Featuring musical direction by Bertrand de Billy and stage direction by Alfred Kirchner.