Wagner: Tristan duet with Claude Heater garden tryst

'68 TV Film shot in Belgium. Isolde Jaqueline Van Quaile. In '58 von Karajan engaged Claude at the Staatsoper in Vienna as a baritone and took him to La Scala to sing in his Tristan and Isolde with Birgit Nilsson. Claude later sang the same role with Birgit at Bayreuth Festspiel Haus and also debuted at the same time in 1966 as Siegmund to Gwyneth Jones Sieglinde in Wagners Die Walkurie. His first Tristan was in Hannover, Germany where after the grueling 5 hour opera he bowed for another 26 minutes of applause! He prepared the role in Munich and Salzburg under the guidance of Max Lorenz who was the favorite Tristan in Europe while Lauritz Melchoir sang it at the Metropolitan Opera. See Claude's website www.claudeheater.com

After his debut as Tristan Claude sang it in eight different productions in one year including The Festival of Two Worlds with Giancarlo Menotti at Spoletto and Trieste, Italy as well as the Lyceo in Barcelona and the Hamburg Opera with Birgit Nilsson followed by the Dresden Opera with Astrid Varnay.

He finished his Boston Otello with Renata Tebaldi and Ramon Vinay as Iago and took a midnight plane to Italy where he had a staged orchestra rehearsal of Tristan in Genoa the next day. Both his Bayreuth and La Scala debuts came in 1966 as Siegmund with Gwyneth Jones and Erik with Leonie Rysanek.

He had five seasons at Barcelonas Lyceo singing Tristan, Tannhauser, Siegmund, Siegfried that he staged as well. Montserrat Caballe stepped in for an ailing Anja Silja to sing the Elizabeth as a favor to Claude who sang with her in her first Tosca, first Nedda in Pagliacci and Marta in Tiefland in Basel, Switzerland, a role also sung by Maria Callas

This is the first full length film Claude has done since the 1958 Academy Award film Ben Hur where he played the role of The Christ. Charlton Heston spoke highly of his performance in his book An Actors Life. Chuck and Claude appeared together in 2003 at the Academy of Arts in Los Angeles in Ben Hur's last showing as the last two remaining actors in the film. See Youtube's Ben Hur meets Jesus. The role of Jesus had special meaning for Claude having been a former Mormon Missionary.

Mormons worship a Jesus Christ but it is not the Bible Jesus who forgave all and while dying on the cross, said to the thief in Luke 23:43 Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise. Mark 8:12 says so likewise shall the Son of man be buried [three days] in the bowels of the earth. In contrast, Joseph Smiths Jesus Christ called by the same name and title, left the cross to personally slaughter hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children in North and South America during the 3 days before resurrection. At least that is what Smith says in his Book of Mormon. See 3 Nephi Chapters 8-9 and 9:15! (Read also 'Fatal flaws of The Most Correct Book on Earth' by Claude Heater. Amazon.com)

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[anisuthideyakoindu]

wonderful why is Beyreuth not like this anymore?

R.W.

[tantris3]

@anisuthideyakoindu sorry, but Bayreuth was never like this and never will be...enjoy!

[tantris3]

I'm glad you liked my voice. The running was the director's idea. It was a happy moment and the director thought the running cuts went well with the music. That was 40 years ago and I have to smile when I see it.

[antichiass]

Thank you very much for sharing these.

Perfect Tristan, so manly, I like him very much.

[tantris3]

Not a bad Isolde as well...

[JSJ1121]

WOW! Perfect couple with beautiful voices.

[GERMANYFrankie]

simply amazing!

[anisuthideyakoindu]

woe Tristan! Why hasth thou forsaken Me?

[TheTristan1954]

Your Tristan is IMO much better than WW

[ShawDAMAN]

I like the Tristan's voice very much though.

[ShawDAMAN]

lol the first minute of this clip made me laugh. =P

[spottalemt]

This is a rare combination of singing actors that make for complete enjoymentl. Hope to find time to view the rest of these clips. It makes one want to see the complete opera. But a little is better than nothing. Thanks

[antichiass]

You're right! :-)) of course Isolde is also stunning!

I'd watch the whole film!