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Tristan and Isolde is certainly one of the most complex and innovative works of its time. In this opera of an ambiguous climate where the urge for love cohabits permanently with the death drive, Wagner explores the limits of harmony and atonality. This film is a recording of Oliver Py’s staging of this opera at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva in February 2005. Here the mythological dimensions of Wagner’s opera are placed in a contemporary setting, creating a fiction where Py himself becomes a central character. As our guide behind the scenes, he shows us what normally remains unseen: the interior life of the characters, the rehearsals, and the performances.

France - 2005 - 52 mn - DV - Colour

Director Benoît Rossel based on Richard Wagner Artistic director Olivier Py Camera Séverine Barde Sound Benoît Rossel Editing Chrystelle Dewynter Orchestra leader Amin Jordan Conductor Ching-Lien Wu Cast Clifton Forbis, Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, Alfred Reiter

Production Tagore Films, 15 rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4859 4575 E-mail : fdomercq@tagorefilms.com Co-Production Bel Air Média, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Télévision Suisse Romande / Radio Télévision Suisse

Sales Tagore Films, 15 rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4488 2818 E-mail : fdomercq@tagorefilms.com