Wagner: Tristan und Isolde Act 3 (Bayreuth 1996)

In the premiere of Tristan at the 1996 Bayreuth Festival, Siegfried Jerusalem felt indisposed after Act 2, so Wolfgang Schmidt sang the remaining act, while Jerusalem was miming the scene, Schmidt sang at his side.
Richard Wagner
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Act III
Tristan - Wolfgang Schmidt
Isolde - Waltraud Meier
Brangäne - Uta Priew
Kurwenal - Falk Struckmann
König Marke - Matthias Hölle
Melot - Poul Elming
Ein Hirt - Peter Maus
Steuermann - Sándor Sólyom-Nagy
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
Live broadcast recording at Bayreuth Festspielhaus
July 26, 1996
For cultural uses, not copyright infringement intended

[@dirkhunnemeyer2581]

Es gab in der Vergangenheit modulationsreichere Stimmen als Wolfgang Schmidt;
aber auf der Bühne "stand" die Stimme. Bin froh ihn, in Dortmund,
Herne, Düsseldorf und Bayreuth gehört zu haben !!!

[@angelparsifal]

0:00 Broadcast announcement in German
1:22 Act III

[@garfreed]

Who is the conductor?

[@petatap]

I heard this "Tristan" in 1994 with Jerusalem and Meier (staging: Heiner Müller). W. Schmidt (famous Siegfried) seems to have saved the evening. Certainly he is no ideal Tristan (neither was S. Jerusalem).

[@petatap]

That's right. Heppner was later (about 200) and only for a short time singing Tristan. Good Tristan-singers are a rare thing ... Heiki Siukola had good moments in the 1990s
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