Tristan and Isolde

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Event Tristan and Isolde
Venue Concert Hall (Sydney Opera House), Sydney, NSW
Umbrella Event Festival of Sydney 1990
First Date 10 February 1990
Last Date 23 February 1990
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description An opera in three acts. "Tristan and Isolde changed the whole face of music. With this work, Wagner climbed to the very summit of romantic opera and provided the basis for a new era in music, the atonality of the 20th century".
Description Source Reviewer's Opinion
Primary Genre Music Theatre
Secondary Genre Opera
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Richard Wagner Composer
Donald Hazelwood Concert Master
Stuart Challender Conductor
Jennie Tate Costume Designer
Neil Armfield Director
Richard Wagner Librettist
Rory Dempster Lighting Designer
Brian Thomson Set Designer
Bernadette Cullen Singer Brangane
Malcolm Donnelly Singer Kurwenal
Geoffrey Harris Singer Melot
William Johns Singer Tristan
Marilyn Richardson Singer Isolde
Donald Shanks Singer King Marke
Patrick Togher Singer A sailors shepherd
Horst Hoffmann Singer: Tenor Tristan
Paul Carr Stage Manager
William Zappa Stunt Performer
Brian FitzGerald Translator
Richard Gill AM
Jade McCutcheon
Roland Peelman
Andrew Sharp
David Stanhope
Resources
Works
Text Nationality Germany
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Marion-Roubos Collection programme lists both Sydney and Adelaide performances. Sydney: February 10 13 17, 20, 23 1990 Adelaide: March 3 6, 9 1990
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Brochure PROMPT Collection. National Library of Australia
Marion Roubos-Bennett Collection Programme
Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record February 1990
Brochure Sydney Opera House Diary Feb/Mar 1990
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 2108