Opera (live) at the cinema: Tristan och Isolde

Volumes have been written about the influential music in "Tristan und Isolde". The music is built on the idea of an insatiable longing that can never be fulfilled in this life. The prelude sweeps the listener into an ecstatic yet tormented world of desire, and the vocal parts are of unique grandeur. The opera culminates in Isolde’s famous final aria, "Mild und leise", with a final octave leap that concludes this unparalleled music-dramatic journey.

Volumes have been written about the influential music in "Tristan und Isolde". The music is built on the idea of an insatiable longing that can never be fulfilled in this life. The prelude sweeps the listener into an ecstatic yet tormented world of desire, and the vocal parts are of unique grandeur. The opera culminates in Isolde’s famous final aria, "Mild und leise", with a final octave leap that concludes this unparalleled music-dramatic journey.