Tristan und Isolde

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Tristan und Isolde is Richard Wagner’s monumental 19th-century opera that reimagines the medieval legend of tragic, transcendent love through groundbreaking music and harmony.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf music drama ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn Tristan and Iseult legend ⓘ
medieval romance ⓘ
character Brangäne ⓘ
King Marke ⓘ
Kurwenal ⓘ
Melot ⓘ
commissionedBy Ludwig II of Bavaria ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1859 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1857 ⓘ
famousExcerpt Liebestod ⓘ
Prelude ⓘ
followedBy Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ⓘ
genre Romantic opera ⓘ
influenced Arnold Schoenberg ⓘ
Claude Debussy ⓘ
Gustav Mahler ⓘ
Richard Strauss ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Richard Wagner ⓘ
movement German Romanticism ⓘ
notableFor advanced chromatic harmony ⓘ
influence on tonal harmony ⓘ
the Tristan chord ⓘ
numberOfActs 3 ⓘ
orchestration large Romantic orchestra ⓘ
period 19th century ⓘ
placeInOeuvre middle-period Wagner opera ⓘ
precededBy Lohengrin ⓘ
premiereCity Munich ⓘ
premiereCountry Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
premiereDate 1865-06-10 ⓘ
premierePlace Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater, Munich ⓘ
protagonist Isolde ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
publisher Schott Music ⓘ
setting Brittany ⓘ
Cornwall ⓘ
structure Prelude and three acts ⓘ
theme death and longing ⓘ
tragic love ⓘ
transcendent love ⓘ
uses leitmotifs ⓘ
vocalForces bass ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
soprano ⓘ
tenor ⓘ

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Turangalîla-Symphonie → influencedBy → Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
Der Fall Wagner → mentions → Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
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