The Cleveland Orchestra and guests perform Act 2 of “Tristan and Isolde”

Tonight at 7:00 on the “Evening Concert” on FM 90.9 it’s the Cleveland Orchestra. You’ll hear a concert-version of Act Two of Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde”.  Music Director Franz Welser Most conducts. Gerhard Siegel sings the role of Tristan and Nina Stemme is Isolde. 

Wednesday December 12: Cleveland Orchestra (COR 18-11)

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor Gerhard Siegel, tenor (Tristan); Nina Stemme, soprano (Isolde); Okka von der Damerau, mezzo-soprano (Brangäne) – Cleveland Orchestra debut; Ain Anger, bass (King Marke); Alan Held, baritone (Kurwenal); Sean Michael Plumb, baritone (Melot); Matthew Plenk, tenor (Young Sailor/Shepherd)

Men of the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

Wagner: Tristan and Isolde (opera in concert) (Act 2) [Act 3 follows next week].