Liebestod

E483268

Liebestod is the transcendent final aria from Richard Wagner’s opera "Tristan und Isolde," renowned for its intense expression of love and death and its groundbreaking harmonic language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
concert piece ⓘ
opera excerpt ⓘ
alternateDesignation Isoldes Liebestod ⓘ
Mild und leise, wie er lächelt ⓘ
associatedConcept Tristan chord ⓘ
linked to: the Tristan chord
basedOn Tristan und Isolde legend ⓘ
linked to: Tristan und Isolde
characterAssociated Isolde ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
composer Richard Wagner ⓘ
composerNationality German ⓘ
culturalSignificance influential in the development of musical modernism ⓘ
milestone of 19th-century opera ⓘ
emotionalCharacter ecstatic ⓘ
tragic ⓘ
transcendent ⓘ
famousRecordingArtists Birgit Nilsson ⓘ
Jessye Norman ⓘ
Kirsten Flagstad ⓘ
Nina Stemme ⓘ
linked to: Birgit Nilsson
genre opera aria ⓘ
harmonicInnovation delayed resolution ⓘ
harmonicStyle chromatic ⓘ
tonally ambiguous ⓘ
language German ⓘ
movementType final aria ⓘ
opera Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
orchestration full Romantic orchestra ⓘ
partOf Tristan und Isolde ⓘ
period Romantic era ⓘ
positionInWork concluding scene ⓘ
premiereConductor Hans von Bülow ⓘ
premiereCountry Germany ⓘ
premiereLocation Munich ⓘ
premiereOperaHouse Königliches Hof- und Nationaltheater, Munich ⓘ
sungBy Isolde ⓘ
textAuthor Richard Wagner ⓘ
theme death ⓘ
erotic longing ⓘ
love ⓘ
transcendence ⓘ
union in death ⓘ
titleMeaning love-death ⓘ
typicalPerformanceContext opera performance ⓘ
orchestral concert arrangement ⓘ
voiceType soprano ⓘ
workNumberInComposerOutput part of Wagner’s mature music dramas ⓘ

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