OMG, I’ve just finished watching this. Waltraud Meier is AMAZING! She sings sumptuously, and truly brings the character to life – one really believes this woman IS Isolde in this performance. Kurt Moll as King Marke was another performer I thought did well by his character.

The production is visually weird, seeming to try to mix more modern paraphenalia (such as a slide show) with period bits (such as Tristan’s armoured breastplate). Dragging the yellow flowery sofa into the middle of the forest pretty much did in any “benefit-of-the-doubt” I may have felt. That was just too surreal fo me!

Watch this particularly for Waltraud Meier. The woman can sing AND act, making Isolde completely and utterly believable.