Kurwenal is soon killed while trying to avenge his master, and in an earlier scene King Marke's plans are ruined when a poison turns out to be a love potion.
One character in this opera promises to play a pipe tune as a signal; that movement was originally written for the tarogato but is usually performed on the English horn. This opera's dissonant opening chord is parodied in Debussy's Golliwog's Cakewalk, and the duet "O sink hernieder" is broken by Brangäne's warnings that the night is about to end. Merlot's treachery is soon revealed in a sword fight. Kurwenal is soon killed while trying to avenge his master, and in an earlier scene King Marke's plans are ruined when a poison turns out to be a love potion. Concluding with the "Liebestod," FTP, name this Wagner opera inspired by a Celtic legend of two lovers.
One character in this opera promises to play a pipe tune as a signal; that movement was originally written for the tarogato but is usually performed on the English horn.
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