Haus of eternal return
In Nike Wagner’s essay “The Sounding Silence,” the German dramaturge argues that “the longing for deathrepresents the central motif” of her great-grandfather’s opera Tristan und Isolde.
12 pieces since 2016 — at 7 companies, most often at Lyric Opera of Chicago.
1 piece as Bayreuth Festival Orchestra — stats above show all coverage for Semyon Bychkov.
View allIn Nike Wagner’s essay “The Sounding Silence,” the German dramaturge argues that “the longing for deathrepresents the central motif” of her great-grandfather’s opera Tristan und Isolde.
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