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Love in the afternoon

by | 2:12 pm | Oct 31, 2009

Right now on BBC 3, Tristan und Isolde from the Royal Opera.

Tristan …… Ben Heppner
King Marke …… Matti Salminen
Isolde …… Nina Stemme
Kurwenal …… Michael Volle
Brangane …… Sophie Koch
Melot …… Richard Berkeley Steele
Sailor …… Ji-Min Park
Steersman …… Dawid Kimberg
Shepherd …… Ryland Davies
Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano (conductor).

51 Comments

51 comments

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  • lenski says:

    Silly me….I thought it was very short. MontyNostry, you should not take Renaaaay in vayyynnnn.

    The beginning of Act 2 is very, very solid…..me likey!!!!

    on October 31, 2009 at 3:56 PM
  • Jay says:

    @10, good one! The Met’s intermission interviews beyond embarrassing. Leave the artists alone, for heaven’s sake. Can you imagine Birgit, Leonie or Crespin putting up with such crap?

    on October 31, 2009 at 3:58 PM
  • MontyNostry says:

    … But I could have done without hearing the Bigit Nilsson ‘comfortable shoes’ anecdote for the umpteenth time.

    I can’t comment on the performance with any authority. The last time I heard T&I all the way through was in about 1978. Yes, really.

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:00 PM
  • Cocky Kurwenal says:

    Jay – they sure are, although as has been pointed out elsewhere, this isn’t live, so the element of sitting around twiddling thumbs trying to think of things to say isn’t there. Amusing that absolutely everybody felt compelled to mention Nilsson in some context!

    I love John Deathridge – so charismatic!

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:00 PM
  • Often admonished says:

    Heppner’s not perfect but it’s a change to hear a performance where the singers & conductor rehearsed together for a month.

    How many Isoldes and Tristans were forcefed thru the MET last winter? I lost count. And so did their casting dept, probably.

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:07 PM
  • Sanford says:

    I’d like to hear the climax of a love duet!

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:11 PM
  • MontyNostry says:

    Cocky, sounds like a case of Liebes-Deathridge.

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:13 PM
  • Jay says:

    @14, Ck.K. Nilsson was the rock of Gibralter in this opera. I’m glad people still invoke her name because she set the standard from the late 1950s ’til she gave up the role. Stemme is quite good, though. Heppner’s Tristan doesn’t do it for me, however, either live or in this stream. Some really bad notes and so stolid.

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:14 PM
  • MontyNostry says:

    I’ve only seen Heppner once — in Sibelius orchestral songs — and he was excellent, but he really sounds like a struggling lyric tenor here. No heroic thrust at all.

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:19 PM
  • Often admonished says:

    At least he sounds like a tenor.

    on October 31, 2009 at 4:20 PM
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