Tristan und Isolde

Jonel Perlea
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Date/Location
17 December 1949
Metropolitan Opera New York
Recording Type
  live   studio
  live compilation   live and studio
Cast
Tristan Lauritz Melchior
Isolde Helen Traubel
Brangäne Blanche Thebom
Kurwenal Herbert Janssen
König Marke Mihály Szekély
Melot Emery Darcy
Ein junger Seemann Leslie Chabay
Ein Hirt Peter Klein
Steuermann Philip Kinsman
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Rating
(7/10)
User Rating
(3/5)
Media Type/Label
Archipel, OOA, TOL
Technical Specifications
293 kbit/s VBR, 44.1 kHz, 461 MByte (flac)
Remarks
Matinee broadcast
A production by Joseph Urban (1920)
There are cuts in this performance: in Act 2, Scene 2, from “Dem Tage! Dem Tage!” (Tristan) to “dass nachtsichtig mein Auge wahres zu sehen tauge” (Tristan), and from “Tag und Tod” (Isolde) to “Tristan der Tod gegeben?” (Isolde); in Scene 3 from “Wozu die Dienste ohne Zahl” to “Da liess er’s denn so sein” (King Marke); and in Act 3, Scene 1, from “Isolde noch im Reich der Sonne!” to “die selbst Nachts von ihr mich scheuchte?” (Tristan), from “Muss ich dich so versteh’n” to “Zu welchem Los?” (Tristan), from “Die nie erstirbt” to “Der Trank! Der Trank! der furchtbare Trank!” (Tristan), and from “Gebrochen der Blick!” to “Nur einmal noch” (Isolde). Act One Prelude: 10′ 47″; Act One complete: 76′ 55″; Act Two: 55′ 34″; Act Three: 57′ 55″. There are technical flaws in the CDs including a number (approximately 5) of two-second silences between tracks. (Jonathan Brown).