This work's prelude, with an ending specifically composed for concert use, was premiered five years before the opera itself, and its opening is recapitualted in F minor at the beginning of Act Three, which opens with one of the title characters asleep under a lime tree acompanied by a grieving Kurwenal.
This work's prelude, with an ending specifically composed for concert use, was premiered five years before the opera itself, and its opening is recapitualted in F minor at the beginning of Act Three, which opens with one of the title characters asleep under a lime tree acompanied by a grieving Kurwenal. Another of the title characters of this opera is served by the maid Brangane and heals the wounded harpist Tantris, and in the final scene sings sings "Softly and gently how he smiles" over the dead body of her lover, a scene known as the Liebestod. Featuring a notable namesake half-diminished seventh chord, for 10 points, name this opera by Richard Wagner.
This work's prelude, with an ending specifically composed for concert use, was premiered five years before the opera itself, and its opening is recapitualted in F minor at the beginning of Act Three, which opens with one of the title characters asleep under a lime tree acompanied by a grieving Kurwenal.
{Tristan} and {Isolde} ({Tristan und Isolde})