Composer
Richard Wagner (1813–83) was the controversial creator of music-drama masterpieces that stand at the center of today’s operatic repertory. An artistic revolutionary who reimagined every supposition about theater, Wagner insisted that words and music were equals in his works.
This approach led to the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or “total work of art,” combining music, poetry, architecture, painting, and other disciplines, a notion that has had an impact on creative fields far beyond opera.
This approach led to the idea of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or “total work of art,” combining music, poetry, architecture, painting, and other disciplines, a notion that has had an impact on creative fields far beyond opera.
Performers
Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Conductor
Lise Davidsen
Isolde
Ekaterina Gubanova
Brangäne
Michael Spyres
Tristan
Tomasz Konieczny
Kurwenal
Ryan Speedo Green
King Marke
Location
Metropolitan Opera House
30 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York, NY
About The Performance
After years of anticipation, a truly unmissable event arrives as the electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Richard Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death.
“The most visionary opera director of [Yuval Sharon’s] generation.” — The New York Times
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Tickets are available to current Columbia/Barnard students, faculty, and staff.
Image: Courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera