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Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde

Soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s meditation on love and death with tenor Michael Spyres as the love-drunk Tristan. The production features new staging by director Yuval Sharon and is Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s first time leading this opera at the Met.
Season 54 Episode 1 Length 3:56:37 Premiere: 09/13/26

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Season 54 Episodes

Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde
S54 E1 Length 3:56:37 Premiere Date 09/13/26

Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen as The Met's Tristan Und Isolde
Clip Length 02:01 Premiere Date 09/13/26

"Great Performances at the Met: Tristan und Isolde" Preview
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 09/13/26

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Preview Length 00:26 Premiere Date 11/01/19

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Clip Length 01:07 Premiere Date 10/04/19

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Clip Length 03:14 Premiere Date 12/15/11

Interview with The Poet
Clip Length 03:43 Premiere Date 12/15/11

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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 12/02/11

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Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 10/27/11

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Clip Length 06:47 Premiere Date 10/27/11

Harry Connick, Jr. About being on Great Performances
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 02/24/11

Interview with Patrick Stewart
Clip Length 03:16 Premiere Date 04/14/10

A Ballet in Sneakers: Jerome Robbins and Opus Jazz
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Improvisations, Movement #3
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