Ruth Hesse

This vivid film of Wagner's romatic opera succeeds in conveying what has famously been called "the wind that blows out at you whenever you open the score", including Daland's boat anchoring against the Sandwike cliffs, the red-sailed phantom ship, and the ghost crew rising from the dead. "Scenes that recall classic horror films... Brilliantly successful" (Nürnberger Nachrichten), "Captures the works' essence" (Süddeutsche Zeitung). With a superb cast; conducted by Wagner authority Wolfgang Sawallisch.

ケルトの伝説を元にした騎士トリスタンと王女イゾルデとの悲恋物語を題材に、リヒャルト・ワーグナーが作曲。指揮をしたカール・ベームに「こんな美しい映画は見たことがない!」とまで言わしめた傑作！