Chorus (with soloists)
and orchestra (solos:
SMezTTTTBarBarB - choir:
TTBB - 3(picc).2.cor
ang.2.B-clar.3 - 4.3.3.1
- timp.perc(2) - hp - str
/ stage music: cor
ang.6hn.3trp.3tbne)
SKU: BR.CHB-138-02
Music Drama in 3
Acts. Composed by
Richard Wagner. Choir;
stapled. Chor-Bibliothek
(Choral Library).
Richard Wagner wrote
Tristan and
Isolde in the years
1857 to 1859. The first
edition was published by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig in 1860. The
world premiere took place
in the Konigliches Hof-
und National-Theater in
Munich on 10 June 1865 u.
Opera; Music theatre;
Romantic. Choral score. 8
pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #ChB 138-02.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.CHB-138-02).
ISBN
9790004400791. 6 x 8.5
inches.
Translation
s: engl. (H. und F.
Comer), french (A.
Ernst/P. Bruck) Place:
Tristan's ship, King
Mark's castle in
Cornwall, Tristan's
castle Characters:
Tristan (tenor) - King
Mark (bass) - Isolde
(soprano) - Kurwenal
(baritone) - Melot
(tenor) - Brangane
(mezzo-soprano) -
Shephard (tenor) - Mate
(baritone) - Voice of a
young sailor (tenor)In
1856 pressing financial
obligations forced Wagner
to interrupt the
composition of the Ring
to work on Tristan und
Isolde. He initially
planned a work that was
modest in its production
and performance demands.
The project was also
given priority not least
because of the prospect
of the royalties which he
would then receive. He
once again turned to
Breitkopf & Hartel for
the performance material:
'Tristan und Isolde' is
scheduled to be given its
first performance at the
end of this year. I still
hope that it will take
place in Karlsruhe under
my guidance. Due to the
celebrity that I have now
acquired, I assume that a
new and easily
performable work of mine
should be able to spread
very quickly across the
German stages in its
first winter season.
Wagner was wrong.
although the publisher
had spent a great deal of
time and money in
producing preliminary
material, Wagner wrote to
Breitkopf & Hartel from
Munich in November 1864:
The squalor of Germany's
opera singers and the
vile condition of its
opera houses have so far
dissuaded me from
allowing a performance of
'Tristan und Isolde'.
What I needed was an
impassioned young monarch
to restore my courage.
Next spring you will hear
about the work's premiere
in Munich, and you will
then hopefully become
more confident about this
publication.
Richa
rd Wagner wrote Tristan
and Isolde in the years
1857 to 1859. The first
edition was published by
Breitkopf & Hartel in
Leipzig in 1860. The
world premiere took place
in the Konigliches Hof-
und National-Theater in
Munich on 10 June 1865
under the direction of
Hans von Bulow.
I Was Wrong
