The Cleveland Orchestra and guests perform Act 1 of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Cleveland Orchestra. You’ll hear a concert-version of Act One of Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde”.  Music Director Franz Welser Most conducts. Gerhard Siegel sings the role of Tristan and Nina Stemme is Isolde.

Wednesday December 5: Cleveland Orchestra (COR 18-10)

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Gerhard Siegel, tenor (Tristan); Nina Stemme, soprano (Isolde); Okka von der Damerau, mezzo-soprano (Brangäne) – Cleveland Orchestra debut; Ain Anger, bass (King Marke); Alan Held, baritone (Kurwenal); Sean Michael Plumb, baritone (Melot); Matthew Plenk, tenor (Young Sailor/Shepherd) Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus  

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (opera in concert) (Act 1)