Tristan und Isolde (DVD): Heiner Müller (1995), Daniel Barenboim, Siegfried Jerusalem, Waltraud Meier, Matthias Hölle, Falk Struckmann
Stage director: Heiner Müller (1929-95)
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
Tristan: Siegfried Jerusalem
Isolde: Waltraud
Meier
King Marke: Matthias Hölle
Brangäne: Uta Priew
Kurwenal: Falk Struckmann
Melot: Poul Elming
Ein Hirt: Peter Maus
Ein Steuermann: Sándor Sólyom-Nagy
Ein junger Seemann:Poul Elming
Set design: Erich Wonder
Costume design: Yohji Yamamoto
Chorus master: Norbert Balatsch
Video director: Horant H. Hohlfeld
Filmed at the Bayreuth Festival 3-9 July 1995.
The production was shown in Bayreuth the following years: 1993, 1994, 1995,
1996, 1997, 1999
Region 0 worldwide
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Reviews
This is a fine and intensely moving account of a supreme masterpiece of musical theatre. It is not perfect, with the setting for Act 2 particularly unappealing, but it is serious in its dramatic, theatrical intent, and (that Act 2 setting apart) accomplished in its realisation.
Arnold Whittall in Gramophone
"Watch this to listen to Daniel Barenboim´s glorious conducting
without being disturbed by irrelevant stage action. And to have the ideal
Tristan and Isolde combination in Waltraud Meier and Siegfried Jerusalem.
Strongly recommended as my personal favourite."
Mostly Opera
Also: Wagneropera.no (in Norwegian)