{"id":34942,"date":"2026-03-09T20:54:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34942"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T12:54:38","slug":"tristan-und-isolde-is-a-tough-opera-to-stage-director-yuval-sharon-did-it-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34942","title":{"rendered":"Tristan und Isolde is a tough opera to stage. Director Yuval Sharon did it anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In his book on reinventing opera, director Yuval Sharon describes Tristan und Isolde<\/em> as \u201cthe single hardest work in the traditional repertoire to stage\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yet here he is, about to make his Metropolitan Opera debut at the helm of a new production of Richard Wagner\u2019s epic love story.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something I wrote before I got the job, and it\u2019s part of why I took the job,\u201d says Sharon, author of 2024\u2019s A New Philosophy of Opera<\/em>. \u201cBecause I knew it was the hardest, and I love impossible challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peter Gelb, general manager of the New York-based Met, has admired Sharon\u2019s work \u201csince he was an enfant terrible\u201d known for innovative productions in Los Angeles and Detroit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was inevitable \u2026 that he would end up eventually at the Met,\u201d Gelb says. \u201cIt was just a matter of finding the right project. It\u2019s finally landed in this production.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anticipation among opera lovers has run so high \u2013 in part because the great Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen is cast as Isolde \u2013 that most of the seven scheduled performances sold out the 3,800-seat house even before the March 9 opening. In a rare move, the Met announced it was adding an eighth performance at the end of the run.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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