Waltraud Meier "Liebestod" Tristan und Isolde Scala 2007

Mon Dieu!! ahora sé porque algunos la concideran la mejor soprano del mundo,

J'aimerais être ce sang qui s'échappe de son crâne.

Just beautiful. This is probably what Wagner's idea of a Gesamtkunstwerk was about. Waltraud Meier represents music, lyrics and drama - the best possible each. I love her Isolde but still: as Kundry she played in her own league as an actress, and it appears to me that also her voice was more adapted to Kundry than it is to Isolde. But anyway THANKS for this performance.

P.S. who is responsible for the french translation of the Liebestod? It really has nothing to do with the original meaning.

supreme delight!

Do I alone hear this melody, which wonderfully and softly, lamenting delight, telling it all, mildly reconciling sounds out of him, invades me swings upwards,
sweetly resonating
 rings around me?

i definately want to watch this oper.... i'm reading the novel Tristan by Thomas Man and it's so touching.... inspiring and depressed at the same time....

completamente de acuerdo contigo, y en mi opinión le sigue Stemme, hoy en día

J'adore Birgit Nilsson. En termes de moyens vocaux, elle est insurpassable. Quant à ses Liebestod (avec Böhm mais aussi avec Solti), ils sont magnifiques. Cependant, je trouve ses interprétations plus froides, plus marmoréennes que celles de Waltraud Meier qui est moins "mythologique", plus humaine, plus tragédienne aussi. Dans les deux cas, on est dans les plus hautes sphères.

Accordé ;-)

Isolde's death is not only a scene of death but also a scene of metamorphosis. The blood which flows of her forehead evokes directly tristan's wound. They are actually only one being when it's finished. Considering Isolde as a woman who just dies from a broken heart is an error, it's not the meaning of the libretto.