Organization

Singer

Soprano

Deborah Voigt

Isolde

Janice Baird

Mezzo-soprano

Michelle DeYoung

Brangaene

Tenor

John Mac Master

Tristan

Ben Heppner

Bass

Matti Salminen

King Mark

Baritone

Eike Wilm Schulte

Kurwenal

Conductor

James Levine

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Stage director

Dieter Dorn

Set designer

Jürgen Rose

Lighting designer

Max Keller

Stephen Gaertner

Melot

Matthew Plenk

Voice of a young sailor

Tony Stevenson

Mark Schowalter

A shepherd

James Courtney

A steersman

Gary Lehman

Robert Dean Smith

Richard Paul Fink

German

Tristan und Isolde -  (Tristan and Isolde)

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

James Levine’s love for this monumental opera shimmers throughout this exciting performance. It was an afternoon to remember: Met favorite Deborah Voigt singing her first run as the proud Irish princess opposite tenor Robert Dean Smith—making an astonishing Met debut in front of a live worldwide movie-theater audience. Michelle DeYoung was a sisterly Brangäne and Matti Salminen an imposing King Marke.

Production booklet

Further reading