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Tristan Und Isolde - Wagner/Daniel Barenboim [1983]
starring: Hermann Becht, René Kollo, Hanna Schwarz, Rene Kollo
directed by: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

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Audience Rating: Exempt
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044007343210
Format: Box set, Classical, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL
Label: Universal Classics & Jazz
Manufacturer: Universal Classics & Jazz
Number Of Discs: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics & Jazz
Release Date: July 16, 2007
Running Time: 245 minutes
Studio: Universal Classics & Jazz
Theatrical Release Date: 1983
Sales Rank: 14038
MPN: 000916309

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- RUINED BY THE LAST ACT
After watching Acts 1 and 2, I was forming the opinion that this was the finest DVD of a Wagner opera available. The production up to the end of Act 2 is faithful to the composer's wishes, and the performances are all excellent - Kollo's voice, I think, has the perfect tone colour to express the yearning of Tristan.
But there are two serious problems with Act 3:
1/ The singers are miming to what has been previously recorded. Why DG have chosen to go down this route for the final Act is beyond me - perhaps because of the difficulty of performing it. But it lends an unrealistic and unnnatural air to the performance. One of the reasons I buy opera on DVD is to see it being performed, not mimed. A singer's behaviour changes completely ... Read More:

Rating:

- A superb production with excellent vocal performances
Drama and sound are united in a highly satisfying production. Meier as Isolde is wonderful and Kollo does better here than he did for Klieber (and I like his performance for Klieber too).

This is a satisfying production because the sets, costumes, drama, and most importantly of all, the orchestral and vocal performances are so fine.

It knocks the Levine Met' (Eaglen/Hepner) production on DVD into a cocked hat.

Rating:

- Even better than it sounds!
Much like my recent review of the 1981 Bayreuth production of Parsifal I am happy to say that this is by far the best production of Tristan und Isolde that I have seen and comes close to fulfilling everything that I imagine Wagner himself would have sought regarding his vision of gesamtkunstwerk.

There are no serious flaws with this performance/production though it is not perhaps absolutely perfect it is much better than other productions I have seen, including those that have been fairly traditional, that by comparison seem somewhat static and lacking in imagination in terms of staging.

Ponelle does a great job here firstly and foremost with a staging that perfectly complements the score - this is particularly clear in ... Read More:

Rating:

- 5 stars for the performance. 0 star for the picture quality
Can't fault the singing or orchestra playing. The setting is almost perfect using the full stage at Bayreuth. But, oh dear, oh dear. The picture quality is appalling, the worst I've seen on any Wagner DVD.

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