Thursday 14 March 2024 | 16:00 |
Sunday 17 March 2024 | 14:00 |
Wednesday 20 March 2024 | 14:00 |
Saturday 23 March 2024 | 14:00 |
Tuesday 26 March 2024 | 14:00 |
Friday 29 March 2024 | 14:00 |
New National Theatre | ||
Kazushi Ono | Conductor | |
Sir David McVicar | Director | |
Robert Jones | Set Designer, Costume Designer | |
Paule Constable | Lighting Designer | |
Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra | ||
New National Theatre Chorus | ||
Eva-Maria Westbroek | Soprano | Isolde |
Torsten Kerl | Tenor | Tristan |
Wilhelm Schwinghammer | Bass | King Marke |
Egils Siliņš | Baritone | Kurwenal |
Naoyuki Akitani | Tenor | Melot |
Mihoko Fujimura | Mezzo-soprano | Brangäne |
Hideyuki Aochi | Tenor | Shepherd |
Toshiaki Komada | Baritone | Helmsman |
Kota Murakami | Tenor | Young seaman |
Andrew George | Choreography |
Tristan und Isolde returns to the New National Theatre Tokyo for the first time since the sensational 2010/2011 Season performances under conductor Ono Kazushi and director David McVicar. Tristan und Isolde, a musical drama from Richard Wagner's mature period, is often called Wagner's greatest musical masterpiece. Musically depicting all-consuming love and anguish, this work lets Wagner's magical power resonate through audience members' entire bodies. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde features not only the leitmotiv (motifs that indicate characters or situations) unique to Wagner's musical dramas and abundant use of unediliche Melodie leading continuously from one melody to another without pause, but also half-step progressions concluding with the so-called Tristan Chord to create harmonies with a sense of uncertainty, expressing sensuality and inspiration. With the famous prelude and the climax of 'Isoldes Liebestod', this work leads the audience to catharsis with sweetly undulating sounds.