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The Metropolitan Opera: Tristan und Isolde 2026

Directed by Yuval Sharon, Gary Halvorson

Music 312 min

The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan.

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Cast

Lise DavidsenIsolde
Michael SpyresTristan
Ryan Speedo GreenKing Marke
Ekaterina GubanovaBrangäne
Tomasz KoniecznyKurwenal
Thomas GlassMelot
Ben ReisingerSailor's Voice
Jonas HackerShepherd
Ben BradySteersman
Simon CatillonTristan#2 (Fable Double)

Crew

Yuval SharonDirector
Gary HalvorsonDirector
Richard WagnerWriter
Richard WagnerOriginal Music Composer

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