A revelation? The term is not an exaggeration. Michael Thalheimer’s staging offers a striking sobriety, stripping the work of all superfluous artifice to leave room for the pure essence of Wagnerian tragedy. The bodies of Tristan and Isolde, separated by several meters when an embrace could bring them together, amplify the tension, reinforced by a masterfully conceived play of shadows.

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