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The opening of the second half of the 2025–26 season on March 9 is sure to be a Wagner event for the ages, as blazing soprano Lise Davidsen headlines the composer’s all-consuming epic Tristan und Isolde after years of anticipation. With heroic tenor Michael Spyres as Tristan and Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium, the stage is set for the premiere of a daring new production by director Yuval Sharon, who sees the opera as one transcendent episode in an endless cycle of death and rebirth. ...

Richard Wagner Richard Wagner Lohengrin Ben Heppner Elsa Karita Mattila Ortrud Deborah Polaski Telramund Falk Struckmann King Heinrich René Pape Herald Eike Wilm Schulte Gottfried Sebastian Uriarte Noble Thomas Studebaker Noble Tim Willson Noble Gary Martin Noble Richard Vernon Page Alexander Waldron Conductor James Levine Production Robert Wilson Set Designer Robert Wilson Costume Designer Frida Parmeggiani Lighting Designer Heinrich Brunke Lighting Concept Robert Wilson