Wagner - Tristan and Isolde, Act 3/3 (Bayerische Staatsoper, Zubin Mehta)

A production from Münchner Opernfestspiele (1998) by stage director Peter Konwitschny
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Richard Wagner - Tristan and Isolde

Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Bavarian State Orchestra)
Zubin Mehta - conductor
Udo Mehpohl - choir master

Waltraud Meier - Isolde
Jon Fredric West - Tristan
Kurt Moll - King Mark
Marjana Lipovsek - Brangäne
Bernd Weikl - Kurwenal
Claes H. Ahnsjo - Melot
Kevin Conners - Shepherd
Hans Wilbrink - Helmsman
Ulrich Reß - Young Sailor

Peter Konwitschny - stage director
Johannes Leiacker - set and costume designer
Michael Bauer - lighting

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Act Three
Kurwenal has taken Tristan to his home, Kareol in Brittany. As Tristan's wound refuses to heal, Kurwenal has sent for Isolde to come and nurse his master back to health. A shepherd is keeping watch for her ship. He is to announce the arrival of the vessel by singing a merry song. Tristan's thoughts are dwelling on his origins and his childhood, spent without the love and support of his parents. His father died after he had been conceived, his mother died after he was born. When Isolde finally arrives, she is too late; Tristan has departed his earthly life at the moment of her arrival. Brangäne has also persuaded Marke to travel to Kareol so that he can offer the lovers his forgiveness. When the king and his retinue arrive, Kurwenal tries to stop them from seeing Tristan and Isolde. In the course of the ensuing struggle, Kurwenal and Melot kill each other. Isolde follows Tristan into another world.