Tristan und Isolde discography
This is an audio and video discography of Tristan und Isolde, an opera by Richard Wagner which was first performed on 10 June 1865 in Munich.
Kirsten Flagstad
After singing operetta and lyric roles such as Marguerite in "Faust" for over a decade, Flagstad decided to take on heavier operatic roles such as "Tosca" and "Aida". The part of Aida helped to unleash Flagstad's dramatic abilities. In 1932, she took on the role of Isolde in Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" and appeared to have found her true voice. Ellen Gulbranson, a Swedish soprano at Bayreuth, persuaded Winifred Wagner to audition Flagstad for the Bayreuth Festival. Flagstad sang minor roles in 1933, but at the next season in 1934, she sang the roles of Sieglinde in "Die Walküre" and Gutrune in "Götterdämmerung" at the Festival, opposite Frida Leider as Brünnhilde.