"Imagination creates reality" - Richard Wagner, the great composer, was born #onthisday in 1813. You can now enjoy the full performance of Prelude and Liebestod, from Tristan and Isolde, conducted by Long Yu - 余隆, starring soprano Song Yuanming on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kgr17MifLw | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra - 上海交响乐团

The second week of Nightly Met Opera Streams showcases the works of Richard Wagner and begins with a 2016 performance of Tristan und Isolde. In this excerpt, soprano Nina Stemme sings Isolde’s climactic Liebestod, conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. Stream the opera tonight, March 23, from 7:30PM EDT until tomorrow, March 24, at 6:30PM EDT. This stream will be available, with subtitles, online at metopera.org as well as on all Met Opera on Demand apps, including IOS, Android, Apple TV, Amazon Fire de

Watch now Wagner's Tristan und Isolde with Anja Kampe!

On this day in 1865, Wagner's Tristan und Isolde premiered in Munich! From the revolutionary “Tristan chord” in its opening to the impassioned, heart-wrenching Liebestod ("love-death"), this opera recounts an epic tapestry of intense, passionate, yet ultimately doomed love. Here’s Lianna Haroutounian's (Isolde) heartfelt rendition of "Mild und leise wie er lächelt" (Liebestod) https://bit.ly/42w9dW1 | medici.tv