Wagner: Tristan und Isolde DVD (Bayreuth Festival)

The celebrated Wagner conductor Peter Schneider conducts the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus in an acclaimed performance to be remembered, available on DVD. Opening the 2009 Bayreuth Festival, the talented American tenor Robert Dean Smith and spectacular Swedish soprano Iréne Theorin are brought together in Christoph Martaler's monumental production.

Composer: Richard Wagner
Tristan: Robert Dean Smith
Marke: Robert Holl
Isolde: Iréne Theorin
Kurwenal: Jukka Rasilainen
Melot: Ralf Lukas
Brangäne: Michelle Breedt
Junger Seemann: Clemens Bieber
Ein Hirt: Arnold Bezuyen
Ein Steuermann: Martin Snell

Bayreuther Festspiele Chorus
Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestra
Conductor: Peter Schneider
Choral Conducting: Eberhard Friedrich
Stage Director: Christoph Marthaler
Revival Director:Anna-Sophie Mahler
Costume and Stage Designs: Anna Viebrock 

Plus: Illustrated synopsis / Cast Gallery / ‘Kinder, macht was Neues!’: The making of Tristan und Isolde / Conductor camera: option to view the conductor as you watch the opera

Picture: 16:9
Sound: LPCM 2.0 stereo / DTS 5.0
Format: NTSC
Region code: All regions
Running time: 292 mins
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/SP
Year: 2009